Wilhelm Pelikan (3 December 1893, Pola, Croatia – 17 November 1981, Arlesheim,, Switzerland) was a German-Austrian chemist, anthroposophist, pharmacist, gardener, and practitioner of anthroposophical medicine.
[2] Pelikan initially worked in Vienna’s gold and silver refinery before being invited by Eugen Kolisko in 1919 to join the research institute Der Kommende Tag in Stuttgart.
In 1922, he began work in the newly established laboratories of the Institute of Clinical Medicine in Stuttgart, focusing on the preparation of metal mirrors.
In 1948, he joined the editorial team of Weleda Korrespondenzblätter für Ärzte and organized numerous conferences for medical professionals, pharmacists, and others in related fields.
Pelikan also explored topics in astronomy, publishing a study on Halley's Comet, and collaborated with mathematician Georg Unger on plant growth statistics, culminating in a scientific paper in 1965.