Nationality German Name Philipp Gmelin Fields Botany, Chemist Grandchildren Leopold Gmelin | Children Johann Friedrich Gmelin Education University of Tubingen | |
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Born 19 August 1721Tubingen ( 1721-08-19 ) Died May 9, 1768, Tubingen, Germany People also search for Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Burchard Mauchart, Leopold Gmelin, Ferdinand Christoph Oetinger | ||
Alma mater University of Tubingen Institutions University of Tubingen | ||
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.
He was the father of the naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin.
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