| Authorised form of name | Liebig; Justus (1803 - 1873) |
| Dates | 1803 - 1873 |
| Place of birth | Darmstadt, Germany |
| Date of birth | 12 May 1803 |
| Place of death | Munich, Germany |
| Date of death | 10 or 18 April 1873 |
| Occupation | Chemist |
| Research field | Organic chemistry |
| Agricultural chemistry |
| Activity | Education:
Bonn; Paris (1822, with Thernard and Gay Lussac)
Career:
Professor of Chemistry, Giessen (1824); Professor of Chemistry, Munich (1845); considered to be the founder of agricultural chemistry
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 04/06/1840 |
| Royal Society activity | Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1840 |
| Relationships | Son of a dealer in drugs and chemicals |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1875-1876 vol 24 pp xxvii-xxxvii
References:
J S Rowlinson, 'An Entrepreneurial Chemist', review of W H Brock, Justus von Liebig: the Chemical Gatekeeper in NR 1998 vol 52 pp 374-375
N G Coley, 'Henry Bence-Jones, MD, FRS (1813-1873)' in NR 1973-4 vol 28 pp 31-56
R W Jones, 'Dalton's unfortunate choice' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 15-33
Notes:
DSB gives death date as 18 April 1873 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/51763678 |
| Royal Society code | NA2844 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| MM/1/1 | Letter from Justus Liebig, President of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich, to JLW Thudichum | 10 October 1867 |
| MS/743/1/69 | Letter from Justus Liebig to John Hall Gladstone, London | 1 July 1870 |
| MM/1/3 | Letter from Justus Liebig, President of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich, to JLW Thudichum | 8 August 1869 |
| MS/743/1/16 | Testimonial by Justus von Liebig, Munich, on behalf of John Hall Gladstone | 5 July 1855 |
| MS/743/1/15 | Testimonial by Justus von Liebig, Munich, on behalf of John Hall Gladstone | 5 July 1855 |
| MS/743/1/3 | Testimonial by Justus von Liebig, Giessen, on behalf of John Hall Gladstone | 24 April 1849 |
| EC/1840/22 | Liebig, Justus: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/1/2 | Letter from Justus Liebig, President of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich, to JLW Thudichum | 1 June 1868 |
| IM/002747 | Liebig, Justus | nd |
| IM/002746 | Liebig, Justus | nd |
| MM/1/4 | Letter from Justus Liebig, President of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich, to LB Thudichum | 6 March 1870 |
| MC/3 | Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1839-1843 |
| MC/3/123 | Letter from Robert Rigg, 2 Chatham Place, Walworth Road, to the Marquis of Northampton, President of the Royal Society | 9 December 1840 |
| MS/426/464 | Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Mr [Thomas] Graham | 20 April 1852 |
| MC/5/113 | Letter from A W [August Wilhelm von] Hofmann, Royal College of Chemistry, to Thos [Thomas] Bell, Secretary of the Royal Society | 23 June 1853 |