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1em  GMELIN, (1709–1755), a distinguished naturalist, son of the chemist of the same narrre, was born at Tilbingen, J true 12, 1709. Having taken his degree in nredicirre, he in 1727 repaired to St Petersburg, where in 1731 he was appointed professor of elrenristry and natural history. In 1733, by order of the empress Anna, he joined Deslisle, G. F. Miiller, and Behring in an expedition for the exploration of Siberia, which was penetrated as far as the Lena. He returned to St Petersburg in 1743. In 1719 he was chosen professor of botany and chemistry at Ti‘rbingen, where he died, May 20, 1755. Linnzeus named a genus of plants Gmelz'na in his honour.

1em  GMELIN, (1788–1853), a celebrated chemist, was born August 2, 1788, at Gottirrgerr, in the university of which city his father, Johann Friedrich Gmelin, was professor of medicine. He studied medicine and chem- istry at Giittingeu, Tiibingen, and Vienna, and in 1813 commenced lecturing on chemistry at Heidelberg, where in 1814 he was appointed extraordinary and in 1817 ordi- nary professor of medicine and chemistry ; the latter ofﬁce he held till 1850. He died at Heidelberg, April 13, 1853.

