Gmelin, Johann Friedrich

Johann Friedrich Gmelin, 1748-1804. Father of Leopold Gmelm. Professor of chemistry at Tubingen and Gotbngen Famous chemical historian. His remarkable Geschichte der Chemie was published in 1797-99. 

Leopold Gmelin, 1788-1853. Professor of chemistry and medicine at Heidelberg. First author of the Handbuch der anorgamschen Chemie. Discoverer of potassium ferricyamde Son of Johann Friedrich Gmelin, the author of the Geschichte der Chemie. Leopold s nephew, Christian Gottlob Gmelin, was tlie first to observe the red color imparted to a flame by lithium salts. 

Philipp Friedrich Gmelin was associate professor of medicine (1750) and, on the death of his brother, professor of botany and chemistry (1755), in Tubingen. Johann Friedrich Gmelin was associate professor (1772) of medicine in Tubingen, then (1775) of medicine and chemistry in Gottingen, becoming full professor in 1780. He published books on pharmacy and chemistry, some papers, and a history of chemistry. ... 

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