Justus von Liebig
Born(1803-05-12)12 May 1803
Darmstadt, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Holy Roman Empire
Died18 April 1873(1873-04-18) (aged 69)
Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
ResidenceGrand Duchy of Hesse, then German Empire
NationalityHessian, then German
Alma materUniversity of Bonn
University of Erlangen
Known forLaw of the Minimum
Liebig condenser
AwardsAlbert Medal (1869)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Giessen
University of Munich
Doctoral advisorKarl Wilhelm Gottlob Kastner
Doctoral studentsCarl Schmidt
Nikolay Zinin
Victor Regnault
Carl von Voit
Hermann von Fehling
Hermann Franz Moritz Kopp
August von Hofmann
Lyon Playfair
Emil Erlenmeyer
Heinrich Ritthausen
Moritz Traube
Adolph Strecker
Wilhelm Henneberg
Other notable studentsAugust Kekulé
Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 2nd Baronet
Augustus Voelcker
Julius Eugen Schlossberger
Karl Vogt
Max Joseph von Pettenkofer