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Justus, Baron von Liebig (1803–1873)

Liebig, Justus, Baron von (lē’biG). A German chemist; born at Darmstadt, May 12, 1803; died at Munich, April 18, 1873. In 1826 he was appointed professor of chemistry in the University of Giessen, and there set up the first chemical laboratory for experimental instruction. No other chemist of great rank has so sedulously striven to make the science serve practical ends. Among his writings on the chemistry of agriculture are: ‘Principles of Agricultural Chemistry’ (1855); ‘Theory and Practice of Farming’ (1856); ‘Scientific Letters on Modern Farming’ (1859).