LIEBIG, BARON VON

LIEBIG, BARON VON
   eminent German chemist, born at Darmstadt; in 1824 attracted the attention of Alexander von Humboldt by a paper before the Institute of France on fulminates, and was appointed to the chair of Chemistry in Giessen, where he laboured 28 years, attracting students from all quarters, and where his laboratory became a model of many others elsewhere; wrote a number of works on chemistry, inorganic and organic, animal and agricultural, and their applications, as well as papers and letters; accepted a professorship in Münich in 1852, and in 1860 was appointed President of the Münich Academy of Sciences (1803-1873).

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  • Liebig,Baron Justus von — Lie·big (lēʹbĭg, bĭKH), Baron Justus von. 1803 1873. German chemist who made a number of contributions to organic chemistry and pioneered laboratory based scientific education (1826). * * * …   Universalium

  • Liebig, Justus, Freiherr (baron) von — born May 12, 1803, Darmstadt, Hesse Darmstadt died April 18, 1873, Munich, Bavaria German chemist. He made many important contributions to the early systematization of organic chemistry and to biochemistry, chemical education, and agricultural… …   Universalium

  • Liebig, Justus, Freiherr (barón) von — (12 may. 1803, Darmstadt, Hesse Darmstadt–18 abr. 1873, Munich, Baviera). Químico alemán. Hizo muchas contribuciones importantes a la sistematización de la química orgánica en sus primeras etapas, a la bioquímica, a la educación en química y a la …   Enciclopedia Universal

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  • Baron — /bann rddawonn /, n. Michel /mee shel /, (Michel Boyron), 1653 1729, French actor. * * * I Title of nobility, ranking in modern times immediately below a viscount or a count (in countries without viscounts). The wife of a baron is a baroness.… …   Universalium

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  • Liebig — /lee bikh/, n. Justus /yoos toos/, Baron von /feuhn/, 1803 73, German chemist. * * * …   Universalium

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