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
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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.
