Johann Georg Gmelin
Johann Georg Gmelin | |
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University of St. Petersburg, University of Tübingen | |
Author abbrev. (botany) | J.G.Gmel. |
Johann Georg Gmelin (8 August 1709 – 20 May 1755) was a German
Early life and education
Gmelin was born in
At his suggestion, Johann Amman left Hans Sloane in London to take up a post in St Petersburg. The final two volumes of Johann Christian Buxbaum's (1693–1730) Centuria were published posthumously by Gmelin.[2]
The Second Kamchatka Expedition
Gmelin was elected one out of three professors to join
Later life
Gmelin returned to the University of Tübingen in 1747 and became professor of medicine and, in 1751, director of the university's botanic garden. His travel description[4] was published there. It was translated to French and Dutch, but not to Russian, "because it contained uncomplimentary observations and comments on Russians".[1]
Gmelin was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1749.
The plant genus Gmelina (Lamiaceae) and several dozen plant and animal species are named after him. Although possibly some are named after Johann Friedrich Gmelin.[5]
References
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- ^ AMMAN, Johannes, Stirpium rariorum in Imperio Rutheno sponte provenientium icones et descriptiones Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Gmelin, J. G.; S. G. Gmelin (1747–1769). Flora Sibirica sive Historia plantarum Sibiriae, 4 vols (in Latin). St Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Gmelin, J. G. (1751–1752). Reise durch Sibirien von dem Jahr 1733 bis 1743, 4 vols (in Latin). Göttingen: Abram Bandenhoect.
- ^ IPNI query
- ^ International Plant Names Index. J.G.Gmel.