Joseph Henry Gilbert
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Sir Joseph Henry Gilbert (born August 1, 1817 in Hull , Yorkshire , England , † December 23, 1901 in Harpenden , Hertfordshire , England) was a British agricultural chemist .
He studied chemistry in Glasgow and London , worked for several months in the chemical laboratory of Justus von Liebigs in Gießen in 1840 and received his doctorate in the same year at the University of Gießen . From 1843 until shortly before his death he was head of the chemical laboratory at the Rothamsted Experimental Station . Together with John Bennet Lawes , the director of this research station, he published numerous articles on the results of long-term tests with mineral fertilizers.
In June 1860 he was accepted as a member (" Fellow ") in the Royal Society , which in 1867 - together with John Bennet Lawes - awarded him the Royal Medal . In 1893 he was promoted to Knight Bachelor . He was a member of the Chemical Society .
Gilbert died on December 23, 1901 in Harpenden; he was buried in Harpenden Churchyard .
literature
- WV Farrar: John Bennet Lawes and Joseph Henry Gilbert . In: Dictionary of Scientific Biography Vol. 8, 1973, pp. 92-93.
Web links
- Entry to Gilbert; Sir; Joseph Henry (1817-1901) in the Royal Society Archives , London
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| SURNAME | Gilbert, Joseph Henry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British agricultural chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hull , Yorkshire , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 1901 |
| Place of death | Harpenden , Hertfordshire , England |