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Liebig

American  
[lee-bikh] / ˈli bɪx /

noun

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


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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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"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

To find out whether coatings from the corals’ mucus had medicinal properties, Ziltener teamed up with Gertrud Morlock, an analytical chemist at Justus Liebig University Giessen.

From Science Magazine ● May 19, 2022

German chemist Justus von Liebig, one of the earliest to identify and study macronutrients, came to regard protein "as the only true nutrient."

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

We have now sufficiently explained the need of coffee-drinking, and we must confess that all we have said here does not in the least affect our conviction that, according to Liebig, coffee is also nutritive.

From Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes by Aaron David Bernstein

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