What is Christian Gmelin?
[[File:Christian_Gmelin.jpg|thumb|right|Christian Gmelin]] '''Christian Gottlob Gmelin''' (12 October 1792 – 13 May 1860) was a [[Germany|German]] [[chemist]]. He was born in [[Tübingen]], Germany. He was a grandson of Johann Konrad Gmelin and a great-grandson of [[Johann Georg Gmelin]]. ==Life== Christian was born in October 12, 1792. He was born in [[Tübingen]], Germany. In 1818, Gmelin was one of the first to observe that [[lithium salts]] give a bright [[red]] color in a [[flame]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PC5GAAAAcAAJ&dq=gmelin&pg=PA216|title=The Quarterly journal of science, literature and art|date=1828|language=en}}</ref> Gmelin later died in Tübingen, Germany, where he spent his entire life. He died on May 13, 1860.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Digitale Bibliothek - Münchener Digitalisierungszentrum|url=https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00008367/images/index.html?seite=268|access-date=2020-10-20|website=daten.digitale-sammlungen.de}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{Biography-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gmelin, Christian}} [[Category:1792 births]] [[Category:1860 deaths]] [[Category:German chemists]] [[Category:People from Tübingen]]