Leibius, Charles Adolph (Carl) (1833 - 1893)

Summary

Carl Leibius arrived in Australia in 1859 and was appointed Assistant Assayer for the Sydney Mint. By 1870 he was the Senior Assayer. His main interests were in the areas of identifying and refining ores including gold. Leibius was involved with the Royal Society of New South Wales for well over thirty years, being their President in 1890. He was also a Fellow of the Chemical Society of London.

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Chronology

1857

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Heidelberg, Germany

1859 -

Career event - Member, Royal Society of New South Wales

1859

Life event - Arrived in Australia (Sydney)

1859 - 1870

Career position - Assistant Assayer, Royal Mint, Sydney

1870 -

Career position - Senior Assayer, Royal Mint, Sydney

1875 - 1886

Career position - Secretary, Royal Society of New South Wales

1879

Award - Fellow, Chemical Society of London (FCS)

1882

Education - Master of Arts (MA), ad eundum, University of Sydney

1886 - 1887

Career position - Vice-President, Royal Society of New South Wales

1888 -

Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science

1890 - 1891

Career position - President, Royal Society of New South Wales

1891 - 1892

Career position - Vice-President, Royal Society of New South Wales

Related entries

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

• Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details

Book Sections

• Walsh, G. P., 'Leibius, Charles (Carl) Adolph (1833-1893), chemist and public servant' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), p. 79. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050092b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Black, Professor; Kernot, Professor W.C.; Leibius, Dr. C.A.; Liversidge, Professor A.; Masson, Professor Orme, Rennie, Professor, Cox, Mrs. S.H.; Secretary, 'Report of Committee No. 14 : The State and progress of Chemical Science in Australia, with Special Reference to Gold and Silver Appliances Used in the Colonies and Elsewhere', Report of the second meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 2 (1890), 283-292, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14563261. Details
• Leibius, A. (C.A.), 'obituary in Anniversary adress by A. Leibius', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 25 (1891), 6. Details
• Leibius, A. (Carl Adolph), 'Separating Gold from Argentic Chloride', The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, 27 (1873), 121-122. Details
• Leibius, A. (Carl Adolph), 'Anniversary Address', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 25 (1891), 1-45. Details
• Leibius, Adolph (C.A.), 'Notes on Gold', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 18 (1884), 37-41. Details
• Leibius, Adolph (Carl Adolph), 'On the Mundic Quartz of the Adelong', Transactions of the Philosophical Society of New South Wales??, no J. this year, try Syd. Morn. Herald, or 'Empire'; the meetg. was on 21 Nov., 1860 (1860). Details
• Leibius, Adolph (Carl Adolph), 'On Osmium and Iridium, Obtained from New South Wales Gold', Transactions of the Philosophical Society of New South Wales, 1 (1862-1865), 210-215. Details
• Leibius, Adolph (Carl Adolph), 'On a New Apparatus for Reducing Chloride of Silver', Transactions of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 3 (1869), 168-170. Details
• Leibius, Adolph (Carl Adolph), 'On A New Apparatus for Reducing Chloride of Silver', The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, 21 (1870), 253-254. Details
• Leibius, Adolph (Carl Adolph), 'Remarks on the Fallacy of a Certain Method of Assaying Antimony Ores Given by Some Manuals of Assaying', Transactions of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 6 (1872), 71-72. Details
• Leibius, Adolph (Carl Adolph), 'Remarks on Tin Ore and What May Appear Like It', Transactions of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 6 (1872), 73-74. Details
• Leibius, Adolph (Carl Adolph), 'On an Improved Method of Separating Gold from Argentic Chloride as Obtained in Gold-Refining by Chlorine Gas ', Transactions of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 6 (1872), 67-70. Details
• Leibius, Adolph (Carl Adolph), 'Separating Gold from Argentic Chloride', The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, 27 (1873), 121-122. Details
• Leibius, Carl Adolph, 'obituary of Adolph Leibius in anniversary address by T.P. Anderson Stuart', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 28 (1894), 36. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21536182. Details
• Early Chemists of Sydney, 2006, http://members.optusnet.com.au/jph8524/McKern.htm. Details
• 'Leibius, Charles Adolph (1833-1893)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469925. Details