Joseph Henry Gilbert

Sir Joseph Henry Gilbert ( born August 1, 1817 in Hull, Yorkshire, England; † December 23, 1901 in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England ) was a British agricultural chemist.

He studied chemistry at Glasgow and London, 1840 worked for several months in the chemical laboratory of Justus von Liebig in Gießen and graduated in the same year at the University of Giessen. From 1843 until shortly before his death he was head of the chemical laboratory of the Rothamsted Experimental Station. Together with John Bennet Lawes, Director of the Experimental Station, he has published numerous articles on the results of fatigue tests with mineral fertilizers.

In June 1860 he was admitted as a member ( "Fellow" ) to the Royal Society, in 1867 it - distinguished with the Royal Medal - along with John Bennet Lawes. In 1893 he was knighted. He was a member of the Chemical Society.

Gilbert died on 23 December 1901 in Harpenden; He was buried in Harpenden Churchyard.