Christian Gottlob Gmelin

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Christian Gottlob Gmelin

Christian Gottlob Gmelin (born October 12, 1792 in Tübingen ; † May 13, 1860 there ) was professor of chemistry and pharmacy at the University of Tübingen .

Live and act

His father was Christian Gottlob Gmelin , sen. (* 1749), his mother Friederike Charlotte, née Haas (* 1765). He was a cousin of Leopold Gmelin , Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger was his father-in-law. Gmelin studied medicine and received the Dr. med. In 1817 he was professor of chemistry and pharmacy at the University of Tübingen. On April 30, 1818, he married Luise Friederike Philippine Bohnenberger (1800–1884); they had six daughters and three sons. Christian Gottlob Gmelin has traveled to France, England, Norway and Sweden (where he worked with Berzelius ) , among others .

Among other things, he worked in the field of spectroscopy and discovered the red color of the flame in lithium . Further work on the synthesis of ultramarine followed. Gmelin mentioned evidence of boric acid using turmeric paper. Gmelin translated the first three volumes of Berzelius ' “Annual Report” into German.

In 1834 he was elected a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and accepted as a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .

literature

  • Albert Ladenburg :  Gmelin, Christian Gottlob . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 266.
  • JR Partington : A History of Chemistry Volume Four. London Macmillan & Co Ltd. New York, St. Martin's press 1964, p. 180
  • Wolfgang-Hagen Hein and Holm-Dietmar Schwarz: German Pharmacist Biography Volume 1 A – L. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Stuttgart 1975, p. 209
  • Dr. Otto-Albrecht Neumüller: Römpp Chemie Lexikon ; Eighth, revised and expanded edition, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung Stuttgart 1973 Volume 2 Cm-G
  • A. Herrmann, A. Wankmüller: Physics, physiological chemistry and pharmacy at the University of Tübingen, contributions to the history of the Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen (21) 1980, p. 83 ff., Verlag JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) Tübingen Google Books

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Genealogy of the parents
  2. ↑ Genealogy of Christian Gottlob Gmelin jnr.
  3. ↑ Member entry of Christian Gottlob Gmelin (with picture) at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on February 7, 2016.
  4. ^ Members of the previous academies. Christian Gottlob Gmelin. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed on March 29, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Gmelin, Christian Gottlob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH Tübingen
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 1860
Place of death Tübingen