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Liebig

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Lie·big  (lbg, -b), Baron Justus von 1803-1873.
German chemist who made a number of contributions to organic chemistry and pioneered laboratory-based scientific education (1826).
Liebig (German) [ˈliːbɪç]
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(Biographies / Liebig, Justus, Baron von Liebig (1803-1873) M, German, SCIENCE: chemist) 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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