Liebig

JUSTUS, BARON VON, (le'big,) a distinguished German chemist, B. at Darmstadt, 1803. After studying at Bonn and Paris, he became in 1834 profe or of chemistry in Gie en University, and there founded the first of model German laboratories, and made important discoveries in organic chemistry. Among his leading works are Organic Chemistry in its Application to Agriculture and Physiology; Animal Chemistry; Researches on the Chemistry of Food; and a Dictionary of Chemistry. In 1852 he was appointed to the chair of chemistry in Münich University. D. 1873. [s. 543]