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= Justus von Liebig (1803-1873) was a German chemist who made major m contributions to agricultural and biological chemistry and is known for his j« discovery of nitrogen as an essential plant nutrient. These letters "were ° written for the especial purpose of exciting the attention of governments, n and an enlightened public, to the necessity of establishing Schools of Chemistry, and of promoting by every means, the study of a science so intimately connected with the arts, pursuits, and social well-being of modern civilised nations." (Summary by Wikipedia and J. M. Smallheer)

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