Justus von Liebig
German chemist
Born on: May 12, 1803Died on: April 18, 1873
Aged: 69 years 341 days (839 months)
Birth Sign: Taurus
Justus Freiherr von Liebig was a German scientist who made major contributions to the theory, practice, and pedagogy of chemistry, as well as to agricultural and biological chemistry; he was considered one of the principal founders of organic chemistry.
As a professor at the University of Giessen, he devised the modern laboratory-oriented teaching method, and for such innovations, he is regarded as one of the most outstanding chemistry teachers of all time.
He has been described as the "father of the fertilizer industry" for his emphasis on nitrogen and minerals as essential plant nutrients, and his popularization of the law of the minimum, which states that plant growth is limited by the scarcest nutrient resource, rather than the total amount of resources available.
He also developed a manufacturing process for beef extracts, and with his consent a company, called Liebig Extract of Meat Company, was founded to exploit the concept; it later introduced the Oxo brand beef bouillon cube.
He popularized an earlier invention for condensing vapors, which came to be known as the Liebig condenser.
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