J.F. Gmel.
| J. F. Gmelin | |
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Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748–1804)
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| Born |
8 August 1748 Tübingen, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 1 November 1804 (aged 56) Göttingen, Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Tübingen |
| Known for | Textbooks |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Naturalist, botanist and entomologist |
| Institutions |
University of Göttingen University of Tübingen |
| Doctoral advisor |
Philipp Friedrich Gmelin Ferdinand Christoph Oetinger |
| Doctoral students |
Georg Friedrich Hildebrandt Friedrich Stromeyer Carl Friedrich Kielmeyer Wilhelm August Lampadius |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | J.F.Gmel. |
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He was the eldest son of Philipp Friedrich Gmelin and the father of Leopold Gmelin.
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Johann Friedrich Gmelin (8 August 1748 – 1 November 1804) was a German naturalist, botanist, entomologist, herpetologist and malacologist.
Johann Friedrich Gmelin was born as the eldest son of Philipp Friedrich Gmelin in 1748 in Tübingen. He studied medicine under his father at University of Tübingen and graduated with an MD in 1768, with a thesis entitled: Irritabilitatem vegetabilium, in singulis plantarum partibus exploratam ulterioribusque experimentis confirmatam., defended under the presidency of Ferdinand Christoph Oetinger, whom he thanks with the words Patrono et praeceptore in aeternum pie devenerando, pro summis in medicina obtinendis honoribus.
In 1769, Gmelin became an adjunct professor of medicine at University of Tübingen. In 1773 he became professor of philosophy and adjunct professor of medicine at University of Göttingen. He was promoted to full professor of medicine and professor of chemistry, botany, and mineralogy in 1778. He died in 1804 in Göttingen.
Johann Friedrich Gmelin published several textbooks in the fields of chemistry, pharmaceutical science, mineralogy, and botany. He also published the 13th edition of Systema Naturae by Carl Linnaeus in 1788 and 1789. This contained descriptions and scientific names of many new species, including birds that had earlier been catalogued without a scientific name by John Latham in his A General Synopsis of Birds. Gmelin's publication is cited as the authority for over 290 bird species and also a number of butterfly species.
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