Philipp Friedrich Gmelin

Philipp F. Gmelin

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
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

  1. "Library and Archive". Royal Society. Retrieved 2012-08-06.

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