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Lieber, Francis 1800-
Publicist; born in Berlin, Germany, March 18, 1800; joined the Prussian army in 1815 as a volunteer; fought in the battles of Ligny and Waterloo, and was severely wounded in the assault on Namur.
He studied at the University of Jena, was persecuted for his republicanism, and in 1821 went to Greece to t 34.
In 1835 he published Recollections of Niebuhr and Letters to a gentleman in Germany, and the same year was appointed Professor of History and Political
Francis Lieber Economy in the South Carolina College at Columbia, S. C., where he remained until 1856.
He was appointed to the same professorship in Columbia College, New rk City, in 1857, and afterwards accepted the chair of Political Science in the law school of that institution, which he filled till his death, Oct. 2, 1872.
Dr. Lieber had a very versatile mind, and whatever subject he grasped he handled it skilfully as a trained philosopher.
In 1838 he published A manual of political Ethics,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lieber , Oscar Montgomery 1830 - (search)
Lieber, Oscar Montgomery 1830-
Geologist; born in Boston, Mass., Sept. 8, 1830; son of Francis Lieber.
Educated at the best German universities, he reached a high place as a writer on geology, chemistry, and kindred subjects, and at the age of
Life-saving medal. twenty was State Geologist of Mississippi.
In 1854-55 he was engaged in a geological survey of Alabama, and from 1856 to 1860 held the post of mineralogical, geological, and agricultural surveyor of South Carolina.
Serving in the Confederate army, he died of wounds received in the battle of Williamsburg, in Richmond, Va., June 27, 1862.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Phillips , Wendell 1811 -1884 (search)