Leopold Gmelin

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.

2 August 1788

Born on the same birth day (2 August): Aino Kallas • Alain Giresse • Billy Cannon • Dave Balon • François Weyergans • George E. Stewart • Goran Gavrančić • Håkon Stenstadvold • Mahmud I • President of Israel • Viktor Zhirmunsky • Viliam Schrojf • Xavier Thaninayagam

Born in the same month (August 1788): Adoniram Judson