Johann Adolph Wedel

{{Short description|German professor of medicine (1675–1747)}}

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| name = Johann Adolph Wedel

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| birth_date = 1675

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| death_date = 1747

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| nationality = German

| field = Medicine, chemistry

| alma_mater = University of Jena

| work_institutions = University of Jena

| doctoral_advisor = Georg Wolfgang Wedel{{cite web|url=http://www.ndsu.edu/chemistry/files/genealogy-web.pdf|title=Academic Genealogy of the NDSU Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology|publisher=North Dakota State University, USA|accessdate=March 16, 2012|archive-date=December 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211080217/https://www.ndsu.edu/chemistry/files/genealogy-web.pdf|url-status=dead}}

| doctoral_students = Georg Erhard Hamberger

| known_for = Study of fermentation{{cite web | url=http://academictree.org/chemistry/peopleinfo.php?pid=22103 | title=Johann Adolph Wedel | publisher=The Academic Family Tree | work=Chemistry Tree | accessdate=March 19, 2012}}

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Johann Adolph Wedel (1675–1747) was a German professor of medicine.

Wedel was the son of Georg Wolfgang Wedel, also a physician. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Jena in 1697.{{MathGenealogy|125846}} He published research works on camphor, fermentation, magnesium carbonate, the combustion of sulfur, and various medical issues.{{cite web | author1=Mainz, Vera V. | url=http://www.scs.illinois.edu/~mainzv/Web_Genealogy/Info/wedelja.pdf | title=Genealogy Database Entry: Johann Adolph Wedel | publisher=University of Illinois, USA | work=Chemical Genealogy | accessdate=March 19, 2012 | author2=Girolami, Gregory S. | year=1998}}