Liebig

American  

[lee-bikh] / ˈli bɪx /

noun

1. Justus Baron von 1803–73, German chemist.

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Liebig British  

/ ˈliːbɪç /

noun

1. Justus (ˈjʊstʊs), Baron von Liebig. 1803–73, German chemist, who founded agricultural chemistry. He also contributed to organic chemistry, esp to the concept of radicals, and discovered chloroform

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Liebig Scientific  

/ lē′bĭg /

1. German chemist who was one of the first to investigate organic compounds and to develop techniques for their analysis. Liebig also first described the process now known as photosynthesis, and he made observations about the use of fertilizers that led to many improvements in agricultural practices.

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Example Sentences

"There's always a trade-off between rapid and sustainable labour market integration," said Thomas Liebig, chief economist for the OECD's international migration department.

From Reuters • Jul. 21, 2023

Liebig was also the first to mass-produce and distribute a product associated with protein in the 1860s, "Liebig's Extract of Meat."

From Salon • Nov. 7, 2021

Lorie Liebig, a Nashville-based publicist and journalist, began compiling a Google Doc tracking what country artists had posted — or not posted — in support of Black Lives Matter.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2021

For the virus, CSG took a scientific approach, says its chair, virologist John Ziebuhr of Justus Liebig University Giessen.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 12, 2020

Even when Liebig and Dumas built the fabric of organic chemistry the mass of facts to be considered was not so overpowering as it is now.

From Heroes of Science Chemists by Muir, M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison)