Philipp Friedrich Gmelin

Philipp F. Gmelin
File:Philipp Friedrich Gmelin.jpg Philipp Friedrich Gmelin (1721-1768)
Born	(1721-08-19)19 August 1721 Tübingen
Died	9 May 1768(1768-05-09) (aged 46) Tübingen
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. He was the father of the naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin.

Works

• Otia botanica (in Latina). Tübingen: Christoph Heinrich Berger. 1760.

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.

External links

• Philipp Friedrich Gmelin at EconomyPoint.org
• Philipp Friedrich Gmelin at OpenLibrary.org