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Leopold Gmelin

Leopold Gmelin
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Leopold Gmelin was a German chemist. Gmelin was a professor at the University of Heidelberg. He worked on the red prussiate and created Gmelin's test, and wrote his Handbook of Chemistry, which over successive editions became a standard reference work still in use.

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  1. Antoine César BecquerelMarch 7, 1788 – January 18, 1878
  2. Augustin-Jean FresnelMay 10, 1788 – July 14, 1827
  3. Carl ReichenbachFebruary 12, 1788 – January 19, 1869
  4. Jean-Victor PonceletJuly 1, 1788 – December 22, 1867
  5. Leopold Gmelin (this page)August 2, 1788 – April 13, 1853
  6. William Henry SmythJanuary 21, 1788 – September 1865

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