Philipp Friedrich Gmelin
Philipp F. Gmelin | |
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Philipp Friedrich Gmelin (1721-1768) | |
Born |
Tübingen | 19 August 1721
Died |
9 May 1768 46) Tübingen | (aged
Nationality | German |
Fields | Botanist and chemist |
Institutions | University of Tübingen |
Alma mater | University of Tübingen |
Doctoral advisor | Burchard Mauchart |
Doctoral students | Johann Friedrich Gmelin |
Known for |
Pancreatic ducts Chemistry of antimony |
Notes | |
Johann Friedrich Gmelin is also his eldest son. |
Philipp Friedrich Gmelin (19 August 1721 – 9 May 1768) was a professor of botany and chemistry. He studied the chemistry of antimony and wrote texts on the pancreatic ducts, on mineral waters, and on botany.
He was a brother of the famous traveler Johann Georg Gmelin. He obtained his MD in 1742 at the University of Tübingen under Burchard Mauchart.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1758.[1]
He was the father of the naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin.
Notes
- ↑ "Library and Archive". Royal Society. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
References
- J. Chem. Ed., 1954, 32, pp. 534–541.
- Chem. Ber., 1939, 72, pp. 5A-33A.
- Biographisches Lexikon der hervorragenden Ärzte, Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1962, vol. 2, p. 776.
- Michaud Biographie Universelle (2nd ed.), Delagrabe, 1843-1865, vol. 16, p. 646.
- Dictionnaire des Sciences Medicales Biographie Medicale, C. L. F. Panckoucke, 1820-1822, vol. 4, pp. 461–462.
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