Philipp Friedrich Gmelin

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name = Philipp F. Gmelin

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caption = Philipp Friedrich Gmelin (1721-1768)
birth_date = birth date|1721|8|19|df=y
birth_place = Tübingen, Germany
death_date = death date and age|1768|5|9|1721|8|19|df=y
death_place = Tübingen, Germany
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field = Botanist and chemist
work_institution = University of Tübingen
alma_mater = University of Tübingen
doctoral_advisor = Burchard Mauchart
doctoral_students = Johann Friedrich Gmelin
known_for = Pancreatic ducts and chemistry of antimony
prizes =
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footnotes = 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.

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.