Editing Justus von Liebig (section)

===Liebig medals===
Some organizations have granted medals in honor of Liebig. In 1871, the Versammlung deutscher Land- und Forstwirte (Assembly of German Farmers and Foresters) was first awarded a Liebig Gold Medal, given to Theodor Reuning. The image was struck from a portrait commissioned in 1869 from Friedrich Brehmer.<ref name=Brock/>{{rp|327–328}}<ref name=Forrer>{{cite book|last1=Forrer|first1=Leonard|title=Biographical dictionary of medallists : coin-, gem-, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, &c., ancient and modern, with references to their works : B.C. 500-A.D. 1900|date=1904|publisher=Spink and Son|location=London|isbn=0906919037|page=[https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict06forriala/page/271 271]|edition=Reprinted.|url=https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict06forriala}}</ref>

For several years, the Liebig Trust Fund, established by Baron Liebig, was administered by the [[Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities|Royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences]] at Munich and members of the Liebig family. They were empowered to award gold and silver Liebig Medals to deserving German scientists "for the purpose of encouraging research in agricultural science". Silver medals could be awarded to scientists from other countries.<ref name=Pacific1893>{{cite news|title=Honors to Californian|url=http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP18931014.2.3|access-date=12 November 2014|work=Pacific Rural Press|agency=California Digital Newspaper Collection|volume=46|issue=16|date=14 October 1893}}</ref> Some of those who received medals include:
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* 1893, silver, [[John Bennet Lawes|Sir John Lawes]] and [[Joseph Henry Gilbert]], England<ref name=Gilbert1895>{{cite book|last1=Gilbert|first1=Sir Joseph Henry|title=Agricultural investigations at Rothamsted, England, during a period of fifty years: Six lectures delivered under the provisions of the Lawes agricultural trust|date=1895|publisher=Government Printing Office|location=Washington|page=[https://archive.org/details/agriculturalinve22gilb/page/7 7]|url=https://archive.org/details/agriculturalinve22gilb|access-date=12 November 2014}}</ref>
* 1894, silver, Professor [[Eugene Woldemar Hilgard]], United States, "for meritorious work in the investigation of the physical and chemical properties of soils."<ref name=Pacific1893/><ref name=Hinsdale>{{cite book|last1=Hinsdale|first1=B. A. (Burke Aaron)|editor-last=Demmon|editor-first=Isaac Newton|title=History of the University of Michigan, by the late Burke A. Hinsdale, with biographical sketches of the regents and members of the university Senate from 1837 to 1906|date=1906|publisher=Published by the University|location=Ann Arbor|url=http://umhistory.dc.umich.edu/history/Faculty_History/H/Hilgard,_Eugene_Woldemar.html|access-date=12 November 2014|archive-date=2 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802184827/http://umhistory.dc.umich.edu/history/Faculty_History/H/Hilgard,_Eugene_Woldemar.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1896, gold, Professor [[Friedrich Stohmann]], professor of agricultural chemistry in [[Leipzig University]].<ref name=Nature1896>{{cite news|title=Notes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uiQ6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA32|access-date=12 November 2014|work=Nature|date=14 May 1896|last1 = Lockyer|first1 = Sir Norman}}</ref>
* 1899, gold, Albert Schultz-Lupitz, Germany<ref name=Killy>{{cite book|last1=Killy|first1=Walther|last2=Vierhaus|first2=Rudolf|title=Schmidt-Theyer|date=2005|publisher=K.G. Saur|location=München|isbn=3110966298|pages=196–197|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0-hrRQvGV7sC&pg=PA197|access-date=12 November 2014}}</ref>
* 1908, gold, [[Max Rubner]], Germany<ref name=Science1908>{{cite journal|title=Scientific Notes and News|journal=Science|date=24 July 1908|page=115|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yVk9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA115|access-date=12 November 2014|doi=10.1126/science.28.708.114-a|volume=28|issue=708}}</ref>

In 1903, the [[Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker|Verein deutscher Chemiker]] (Association of German Chemists) also had a medal struck using Brehmer's portrait.<ref name=Brock/>{{rp|329}}  Their [[Liebig Medal]] was first awarded in 1903 to [[Adolf von Baeyer]], and in 1904 to Dr. [[Rudolf Knietsch]] of the Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik.<ref name=Dighton>{{cite news|title=Medal for Chemist|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/67423412/|access-date=11 November 2014|work=The Dighton Herald|publisher=Dighton, Kansas|date=1 September 1904}}</ref> {{as of | 2024}}, it continues to be awarded.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://en.gdch.de/gdch/prizes-and-awards/gdch-awards/liebig-commemorative-medal.html | title=Liebig commemorative medal | language=en |date= 15 May 2024 |website=Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker |access-date=17 June 2024}}</ref>

At the third World Congress of CIEC, held at Heidelberg in 1957, the "Sprengel-Liebig Medal" was awarded to Dr. E. Feisst, president of CIEC, for outstanding contributions in agricultural chemistry.<ref name=OpeningAddress>{{cite web|last1=Hera|first1=Cristian|title=80 years dedicated to enhancing soil fertility and crop productivity|publisher=International Scientific Centre of Fertilizers Centre International des Engrais Chimiques (CIEC)|url=http://www.ciec-network.org/fileadmin/dam_uploads/Projektordner/General/CIEC%20History%2012%20sept%202013.pdf|access-date=11 November 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112003010/http://www.ciec-network.org/fileadmin/dam_uploads/Projektordner/General/CIEC%20History%2012%20sept%202013.pdf|archive-date=12 November 2014}}</ref>