Philipp Friedrich Gmelin

Philipp F. Gmelin
Philipp Friedrich Gmelin (1721-1768)
Born	19 August 1721(1721-08-19) Tübingen, Germany
Died	9 May 1768 (aged 46) Tübingen, Germany
Residence	Germany
Nationality	German
Field	Botanist and chemist
Institutions	University of Tübingen
Alma mater	University of Tübingen
Academic advisor	Burchard Mauchart
Notable students	Johann Friedrich Gmelin
Known for	Pancreatic ducts and chemistry of antimony
Johann Friedrich Gmelin is also his eldest son.

Philipp Friedrich Gmelin (1721-1768) 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.

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He obtained his MD in 1742 at the University of Tübingen under Burchard Mauchart.

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.
Dictionaire des Sciences Medicales Biographie Medicale, C. L. F. Panoucke, 1820-1822, vol. 4, pp. 461-462.