Philipp F. Gmelin | |
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Born | |
Died | 9 May 1768 46) | (aged
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | University of Tübingen |
Known for | Pancreatic ducts Chemistry of antimony |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botanist and chemist |
Institutions | University of Tübingen |
Doctoral advisor | Burchard Mauchart |
Doctoral students | Johann Friedrich Gmelin |
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, mineral waters, and botany.
He was a brother of the famous traveler Johann Georg Gmelin. He obtained his Master's degree 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.
Works
- Otia botanica (in Latin). Tübingen: Christoph Heinrich Berger. 1760.
Notes
- ↑ "Library and Archive". Royal Society. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
References
- J. Chem. Educ., 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 (2.), 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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