Christian Gottlob Gmelin (October 12, 1792 – May 13, 1860) was a German

Germany

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 chemist

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Gmelin was professor of chemistry

Chemistry

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 and pharmacy

Pharmacy

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 at the University of Tübingen. In 1828 he was one of the first to devise a process for the artificial manufacture of ultramarine

Ultramarine

Ultramarine is a blue pigment consisting primarily of a double silicate of aluminium and sodium with some sulfides or sulfates, and occurring in nature as a proximate component of lapis lazuli...

. In 1818, Gmelin was the first to observe that lithium salts give a bright red color in flame.

Gmelin was born in Tübingen

Tübingen

Tübingen is a traditional university town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, on a ridge between the Neckar and Ammer rivers.-Geography:...

. He was a grandson of Johann Konrad Gmelin and a great-grandson of Johann Georg Gmelin

Johann Georg Gmelin

Johann Georg Gmelin was a German naturalist, botanist and geographer.- Early life and education :Gmelin was born in Tübingen, the son of an professor at the University of Tübingen. He was a gifted child and begun attending university lectures at the age of 14. In 1727, he graduated with a medical...

. He died in Tübingen.