Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin (July 4, 1744 June 27, 1774) was a German physician, botanist and explorer. Gmelin was born at Tübingen in a well known family of naturalists. His father was Johann Conrad Gmelin, an apothecary and surgeon. His uncle was Johann Georg Gmelin. Samuel earned his medical degree in 1763 from the University of Leiden at the young age of 18 (Silva et al., 1996). While living in Holland, Gmelin developed a keen interest in marine algae. In 1766 he was appointed professor of botany at St Petersburg. In the following year he was sent on…mehr

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin (July 4, 1744 June 27, 1774) was a German physician, botanist and explorer. Gmelin was born at Tübingen in a well known family of naturalists. His father was Johann Conrad Gmelin, an apothecary and surgeon. His uncle was Johann Georg Gmelin. Samuel earned his medical degree in 1763 from the University of Leiden at the young age of 18 (Silva et al., 1996). While living in Holland, Gmelin developed a keen interest in marine algae. In 1766 he was appointed professor of botany at St Petersburg. In the following year he was sent on an expedition to study the natural history of the Russian Empire. He explored the rivers Don and Volga, and the western and eastern coasts of the Caspian Sea. Whilst travelling in the Caucasus he was taken hostage by Usmey Khan of Khaïtakes and died because of ill treatment in captivity in Derbent. He was only 29 years of age.