Person Liebig; Justus (1803 - 1873) Liebig Justus 1803 - 1873 Male Darmstadt, Germany 12 May 1803 Munich, Germany 10 or 18 April 1873

Giessen, Germany (1840)

Chemist Organic chemistry Agricultural chemistry 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 Son of a dealer in drugs and chemicals Medals and prizes: Copley Medal 1840 Foreign Member 04/06/1840 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 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 12 May 1803 - 10 or 18 Apr 1873 NA2844 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/51763678 a6391e75-1024-4ea5-b972-96f7761b8775