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'''Janice Leigh Limson''' is a South African Professor of ], Chairperson the School of Biotechnology at ] and the SARChI Chair in Biotechnology Innovation & Engagement at Rhodes University. She is founder and editor-in-chief of the magazine ''Science in Africa'', the first popular online science magazine for Africa.{{R|Herald|Science in Africa}} Her research focuses on topics ranging from the development of ] ]s for ] diagnostics, ], detection of ]s in food to the design of ] technology.{{R|Rhodes}}
'''Otto Edler von Graeve''' (22 July 1872 – 10 January 1948) was a German ] proponent.{{R|dowser}}


==Biography==
==Education and career ==
He was born on 22 July 1872 to Emil Edler von Graeve (1826–1904), lord of Gotteswalde and Neuhof. Otto von Graeve served in the Prussian army, acheiving the rank of Major before he settled in the small town of ] in ]. In 1913, he published a manuscript on ], ''Meine Wünschelrutentätigkeit. Beobachtungen in Theorie und Praxis nebst einem Anhang: Anerkennungen, Protokoll sämtlicher Schürfungen bis 31. December 1912 und Statistik'' (My dowsing activity: Observations in theory and practice along with an appendix acknowledgments, minutes of all excavations to December 31, 1912 and statistics).{{R|OEvG|Hartung1912|Hartung1913}}
]
Limson grew up in ], South Africa. She subsequently moved to ] and she studied at ] where she completed her BSc (Honours) in 1994. In 1997 she was awarded a PhD in Chemistry at Rhodes University. She completed a Postgraduate diploma in Tertiary education from 2006 to 2008.{{R|Research Report 2010|LinkedIn}}


He visited the United States on 27 January 1914 aboard the ], passing through ] on his way to ] to divine for ].{{R|dowser|Radium}} He also spent time dowsing in the Sinai Peninsula and in Palestine.{{R|Monch}} The ''Deutsche Levante-Zeitung'' reported in November 1915 that von Graeve had dowsed for water at the German temple colony, on the property of the Auguste Viktoria Foundation on the ] and on that of a Syrian orphanage.{{R|Hartung1913|Monch}}
In 1999 Limson was a postdoctoral research fellow at the ]. The next year she founded the online magazine ''Science in Africa'' and became its editor in chief.{{R|Research Report 2010|LinkedIn|RhodesAlumni|Rhodes}} The magazine aims to serve "as a platform for scientists in a broad range of fields in Africa to report on their research, giving their expert views on topical issues in science and providing the right information to an African public seeking a deeper understanding of science and of the dynamic role it plays in everyone's lives."{{R|Science in Africa}}


In 1918, von Graeve is said to have found a mineral spring on the Schwedderberg near ], allegedly by using a divining rod, which was then used for the local outdoor pool. The town of Gernrode then had three bathing establishments, namely the ''Osterteich'', the ''Schraderbad'' and the ''Ottobad'', the latter discovered by and named after von Graeve.{{R|Hartung1912|Picand2008}}
In 2003 Limson established the BioSENS (Sensors, Energy and ]) Research Group at Rhodes for the development of nanotechnology biosensors for cancer diagnostics and drug delivery.{{R|Research Report 2010|Rhodes}} The establishment in 2007 of the ]/]-sponsored Nanotechnology Innovation Centre at the ], ] and Rhodes University greatly assisted this research.{{R|UJ Mintek|Mintek|NIC}}


It was reported that during geological explorations undertaken in ] between 1919-21 von Graeve was present as a representative of the company ''Meyer und Co.'' and, in May 1920 he used his dowsing rod (through a bore hole made by the engineer Röttinger from Halle) to discover a spring that was {{convert|25|C|F}}, erupted {{convert|5.2|m|ft}} initially on tapping and produced {{convert|210|l|USgal}} per minute.{{R|OEvG|Picand|Thermalbad}}
From 2003 until 2009 Limson was a lecturer at Rhodes university and in 2010 she was appointed Associate Professor at Rhodes.{{R|RhodesAlumni}} She also received the Vice-Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award in that year for "the volume and impact of her research outputs".{{R|Research Report 2010}} In 2011 she became Chairperson of the Rhodes University School of Biotechnology. In 2014 she was awarded Professor of Biotechnology and was appointed Director of Rhodes University Biotechnology Innovation Centre.{{R|Research Report 2010|LinkedIn|NRF}} The Centre has since launched its first products, catalysts for sensors, and is working on sensors for ] and ] in a partnership with ] and the ].{{R|SAN}}


Because of his reported successes, in 1920 he was commissioned by the city of ] to assist with drilling for a water source. After drilling in vain to a depth of 126 meters at the site von Graeve had indicated, he was expelled from the site.{{R|OEvG}}
In 2015 she was appointed to the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SRChI) Chair in Biotechnology Innovation & Engagement at Rhodes.{{R|Science in Africa|LinkedIn|Rhodes}}


Von Graeve married Elsbeth Schrey on ​​1 April 1902 in ] and they had seven children (four sons and three daughters).{{R|OEvG}}
In March 2019 was contributor to a series of public lectures on "Truth and Trustworthiness in Science" co-ordinated by the ] and the ] in South Africa. The discussion she was involved with was entitled: "Misunderstandings and Misuses: Science Journalism".{{R|ASSAf}}


==Publications==
Limson is the editor of the South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (SAASTA) Nanotechnology Public Engagement Programme’s newsletter, called ''Nanotech Public Engagement''{{R|NRF|Nanonews}} and is a fellow of The African Academy of Sciences.{{R|AAS}}
* ''Bestätigungen über erfolgreiche Schürfungen vermittelst der Wünschelrute des Rutengängers'' (1911)

* {{cite book | title=Die Wünschelrute und ihre Anwendung in der Praxis |trans-title=The dowsing rod and its application in practice | year=1911 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=poqdtAEACAAJ | language=de}}
== Awards and recognition==
* {{cite book | title=Meine Wünschelrutentätigkeit. Beobachtungen in Theorie und Praxis nebst einem Anhang: Anerkennungen, Protokoll sämtlicher Schürfungen bis 31. December 1912 und Statistik |date=1913 |trans-title=My dowsing activity: Observations in theory and practice along with an appendix acknowledgments, minutes of all excavations to December 31, 1912 and statistics| language=de |url=https://archive.org/stream/meinewunschelrut00grae/meinewunschelrut00grae_djvu.txt}}
Limson has received numerous awards, including:
* ''Hildesheim'' (1914)
* 2011 Department of Science and Technology Women in Science Awards in the Life Sciences. First Runner Up{{R|Science in Africa}}
* ''Behörden und Wünschelrute'' (1921)
* 2010 Vice-Chancellor's Distinguished Research Medal, Rhodes University{{R|Research Report 2010|Science in Africa}}
* ''Auszug aus den Erfolgen meiner Wünschelrutentätigkeit von 1910 bis 1928'' Padelt, Gernrode (1928)
* 2010 ] Top Young South Africans To Take To Lunch!{{R|Research Report 2010|Science in Africa|RhodesAlumni|NRF}}
* {{cite book | title=Referenzen über Wunschelrutenerfolge: Mit Berücksichtigung grosser Wassergiebigkeit für Gemeinden... . |trans-title=References about successes in divining rods: With consideration of large water yield for communities... . | year=1939 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WhF2zgEACAAJ | language=de}}
* 2009 M&G Top Young South Africans To Take To Lunch!{{R|Research Report 2010|Science in Africa|NRF}}
* 2002 ] Awards for Outstanding Contribution to Science, Engineering & Technology, South Africa{{R|RhodesAlumni|NSTF}}
* 2001 Highway Africa “Innovative use of New Media in Africa” Journalism Award.{{R|NRF}}

== Selected publications ==
===Journals===
* {{cite journal | last=Fogel | first=Ronen | last2=Limson | first2=Janice | title=Developing Biosensors in Developing Countries: South Africa as a Case Study | journal=Biosensors | publisher=MDPI AG | volume=6 | issue=1 | date=2 February 2016 | issn=2079-6374 | doi=10.3390/bios6010005}}
* {{cite journal | last=Limson | first=Janice | title=Putting responsible research and innovation into practice: a case study for biotechnology research, exploring impacts and RRI learning outcomes of public engagement for science students | journal=Synthese | publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC | date=15 December 2018 | issn=0039-7857 | doi=10.1007/s11229-018-02063-y}}
* {{cite journal | last=Fogel | first=R. | last2=Limson | first2=J.L. | title=Probing fundamental film parameters of immobilized enzymes—Towards enhanced biosensor performance. Part I—QCM-D mass and rheological measurements | journal=Enzyme and Microbial Technology | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=49 | issue=2 | year=2011 | issn=0141-0229 | doi=10.1016/j.enzmictec.2011.05.011 | pages=146–152}}
* {{cite journal | last=Ho | first=Lance St. John | last2=Limson | first2=Janice L. | last3=Fogel | first3=Ronen | title=Certain Methods of Electrode Pretreatment Create Misleading Responses in Impedimetric Aptamer Biosensors | journal=ACS Omega | publisher=American Chemical Society (ACS) | volume=4 | issue=3 | date=26 March 2019 | issn=2470-1343 | doi=10.1021/acsomega.9b00075 | pages=5839–5847}}
* {{cite journal | last=Kruid | first=Jan | last2=Fogel | first2=Ronen | last3=Limson | first3=Janice | title=Unsubstituted metallophthalocyanine catalysts for the removal of endocrine disrupting compounds using H2O2 as oxidant | journal=Environmental Science and Pollution Research | publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC | volume=25 | issue=32 | date=18 September 2018 | issn=0944-1344 | doi=10.1007/s11356-018-3215-4 | pages=32346–32357}}
===Books===
* {{cite book |last1=Limson |first1=Janice |editor1-last=Weingart |editor1-first=Peter |editor2-last=Joubert |editor2-first=Marina |editor3-last=Falade |editor3-first=Bankole |title=SCIENCE COMMUNICATION IN SOUTH AFRICA: Reflections on Current Issues |date=2019 |publisher=African Minds |location=Somerset West |isbn=978-1-928502-04-3 |pages=19-44 |url=http://www.africanminds.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Science-Communication-in-South-Africa-WEB.pdf |format=pdf |chapter=Engaging the public in scientific research: Models, prospects and challenges from the perspective of scientists}}

== Personal Life ==
When asked in an interview what drew her to a career in the sciences, Limson responded: “My mother, I think.” Medical language was a part of her early life, owing to her mother’s profession as a nurse. “Or was it my father with his perpetual enquiring mind?”, Limson wondered. "Actually, the skeleton probably had a lot to do with it," she continued. At the age of six her grandfather gave her a small plastic skeleton, which led her to becoming fascinated with anatomy. "I was also obsessed with snakes," she added.{{R|Research Report 2010}}

At one point during her undergraduate studies at Rhodes university, Limson was both the chairperson of the Chemical Society and the chairperson of the Reggae Appreciation society.{{R|Research Report 2010}}


==References== ==References==
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<ref name="dowser">{{cite book |title=Otto von Graeve, a Modern Dowser | work=Engineering and Mining Journal | publisher=McGraw-Hill Publishing Company | issue=v. 97, nos. 1-13 | year=1914 | issn=0361-3941 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JR4rAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA312 | page=312 |quote=Otto Edler von Graeve, president of the ''Internationalen Vereins der Rutenganger'', the International Divining Rod ... Otto Edler von Graeve, divining-rod expert, who has come over here to locate radium, told a visitor something about ...}}</ref>
<ref name="AAS">{{cite web | title=The AAS | website=Limson Janice | url=https://www.aasciences.africa/fellow/limson-janice | access-date=25 June 2020}}</ref>


<ref name="Hartung1912">{{cite book | last=Hartung | first=Hans | title=Zur vergangenheit von Gernrode | publisher=C. Mittag | year=1912 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sIvqE2TYdb0C |trans-title=On the past of Gernrode | language=de | access-date=5 May 2022 | pages=263}}</ref>
<ref name="ASSAf">{{cite web |title=ASSAf Annual Report 2018-2019 |url=https://www.assaf.org.za/files/2019/ASSAf%20Annual%20Report%202018%202019.pdf |website=assaf.org.za |publisher=Academy of Science of South Africa |accessdate=25 June 2020 |page=43 |format=pdf |quote=Misunderstandings and Misuses: Science Journalism}}</ref>


<ref name="Herald">{{cite web | title=Professor Janice Limson a force in biotechnology | publisher=]| website=PressReader.com | date=13 June 2015 | url=https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/the-herald-south-africa/20150613/281792807653482 | access-date=25 June 2020}}</ref> <ref name="Hartung1913">{{cite book | first1=Hans |last1=Hartung | title=Die Welt des Islams: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Islamkunde | publisher=D. Reimer | issue=v. 1-2 | year=1913 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_2JAAQAAIAAJ | language=de | access-date=5 May 2022 | page=92}}</ref>


<ref name="Monch">{{cite journal| first1=Winfried |last1=Mönch |title="Der Herr aller Gewässer in der Wüste": Der Wünschelrutengänger Otto Edler von Graeve im Kriegseinsatz an der Sinaifront 1915 |trans-title="The lord of all waters in the desert": the dowser Otto Edler von Graeve in action on the Sinai front in 1915 |journal=Zeitschrift für Parapsychologie und Grenzgebiete der Psychologie |volume=32 |date=1990 |issue=1 |pages=88–98 |language=de }}</ref>
<ref name="LinkedIn">{{cite web | title=Janice Limson - Director, RU Biotechnology Innovation Centre - Rhodes University | website=LinkedIn | url=https://za.linkedin.com/in/janicelimson | access-date=25 June 2020}}</ref>


<ref name="Mintek">{{cite web |title=Nanotechnology-MINTEK |url=https://www.mintek.co.za/technical-divisions/advanced-materials-amd/nanotechnology/ |website=mintek.co.za |publisher=MINTEK |accessdate=25 June 2020}}</ref> <ref name="OEvG">{{cite web | title=Otto Edler von Graeve | website=Dictionnaires | date=9 May 2010 | url=http://dictionnaire.sensagent.leparisien.fr/Otto%20Edler%20von%20Graeve/de-de | language=fr, de | access-date=5 May 2022}}</ref>


<ref name="Picand">{{cite web | last=Picand | first=Yann | last2=Dutoit | first2=Dominique | title=Wiesenbad : définition de Wiesenbad et synonymes de Wiesenbad (allemand) |trans-title=Wiesenbad : definition of Wiesenbad and synonyms of Wiesenbad (German) | website=Dictionnaires | date=7 April 2012 | url=http://dictionnaire.sensagent.leparisien.fr/Wiesenbad/de-de/ | language=de, fr | access-date=5 May 2022}}</ref>
<ref name="Nanonews">{{cite journal |title=Editorial |journal=Nanotechnology Public Engagement |date=2014 |page=1 |url=https://wp.npep.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/nanonews_q1_electronic_version.pdf |accessdate=25 June 2020 |format=pdf}}</ref>


<ref name="Picand2008">{{cite web | last=Picand | first=Yann | last2=Dutoit | first2=Dominique | title=Gernrode (Quedlinburg) : définition de Gernrode (Quedlinburg) et synonymes de Gernrode (Quedlinburg) (allemand) |trans-title=Gernrode (Quedlinburg) : definition of Gernrode (Quedlinburg) and synonyms of Gernrode (Quedlinburg) (German) | website=Dictionnaires | date=26 July 2008 | url=http://dictionnaire.sensagent.leparisien.fr/Gernrode%20(Quedlinburg)/de-de/ | language=de, fr | access-date=5 May 2022}}</ref>
<ref name="NIC">{{cite web |title=About the DST/Mintek NIC |url=http://www.nic.ac.za/About.html |website=nic.ac.za |publisher=Mintek - Nanotechnology Innovation Centre |accessdate=25 June 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823003516/http://www.nic.ac.za:80/About.html |archivedate=23 August 2019 |date=2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


<ref name="Radium">{{cite news |title=His Rod to Find Radium |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1914/01/28/101914432.pdf |quote=Otto Edler von Graeve, who locates water and minerals with a 'divining rod,' arrived yesterday from Germany on the George Washington, ... |work=] |date=January 28, 1914 |access-date=2010-07-13 }}</ref>
<ref name="NRF">{{cite web |title=Blazing a biotechnology trail |url=http://www.pub.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/web-NRF%20coffee%20table%20bookwith%20bleed.pdf |website=National Research Foundation |publisher=Department of Science and Technology - Republic of South Africa |accessdate=25 June 2020 |page=68 |format=pdf }}</ref>

<ref name="NSTF">{{cite web | title=NSTF Awards - Previous Years Winners | website=NSTF | date=14 June 2017 | url=http://www.nstf.org.za/awards/winners/previous/ | access-date=25 June 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="Research Report 2010">{{cite web |last=Barker |first=Kim |title=2010 Research reward |url=https://careersdocbox.com/Scholarships/75883650-Research-report.html |publisher=Rhodes University |accessdate=25 June 2020 |format=pdf}}</ref>

<ref name="Rhodes">{{cite web | title=Staff - Prof Janice Limson | website=Rhodes University | date=3 December 2013 | url=https://www.ru.ac.za/biotech/people/staff/profjanicelimson/ | access-date=25 June 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="RhodesAlumni">{{cite web | last=Harbour| first=Tarryn| title=22 old Rhodians in the top 200 young South Africans |url=http://www.rhodesalumni.com/pdf/22%20OLD%20RHODIANS%20IN%20THE%20TOP%20200%20YOUNG%20SOUTH%20AFRICANS.pdf |website=rhodesalumni.com |accessdate=25 June 2020 |page=15 |format=pdf}}</ref>

<ref name="SAN">{{cite web | title=How a Single Rhodes Breakthrough Could Save Countless Lives And Turn College Labs into Accelerators - Expat Achievements - Inspirations | website=SABLE Accelerator Network | url=http://www.sablenetwork.com/inspirations/advancements-achievements/how-a-single-rhodes-breakthrough-could-save-countless-lives-and-turn-college-labs-into-accelerators | access-date=25 June 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="Science in Africa">{{cite web | title=Science in Africa - About us | website=Science in Africa | url=http://www.scienceinafrica.com/about-us | access-date=25 June 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="UJ Mintek">{{cite web | title=DST/Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre (NIC) | website=Department of Chemical Sciences (DFC) | date=25 June 2020 | url=https://www.uj.ac.za/faculties/science/AppliedChemistry/Pages/DSTMintek-Nanotechnology-Innovation-Centre.aspx | access-date=25 June 2020}}</ref>


<ref name="Thermalbad">{{cite web | title=20. Jahrhundert und Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts – Von der Entdeckung und Erschließung neuer Quellen zum modernen Rehabilitationszentrum |trans-title=20th century and early 21st century - From the discovery and development of new springs to the modern rehabilitation center | website=Thermalbad Wiesenbad | date=29 August 2009 | url=http://www.wiesenbad.de/historie/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090829072758/http://www.wiesenbad.de/historie/ | archive-date=29 August 2009 | url-status=dead | access-date=5 May 2022 |language=de}}</ref>
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Russian pseudo-scientist and sect leader
Otto Edler von Graeve
von Graeve in 1913
Born(1872-07-22)22 July 1872
Gotteswalde
Died10 January 1948(1948-01-10) (aged 75)
Heidelberg
Nationality Germany
Known forDowsing
Spouse Elsbeth Schrey ​(m. 1902)​
German divining rod proponent

Otto Edler von Graeve (22 July 1872 – 10 January 1948) was a German divining rod proponent.

Biography

He was born on 22 July 1872 to Emil Edler von Graeve (1826–1904), lord of Gotteswalde and Neuhof. Otto von Graeve served in the Prussian army, acheiving the rank of Major before he settled in the small town of Gernrode in Anhalt. In 1913, he published a manuscript on dowsing, Meine Wünschelrutentätigkeit. Beobachtungen in Theorie und Praxis nebst einem Anhang: Anerkennungen, Protokoll sämtlicher Schürfungen bis 31. December 1912 und Statistik (My dowsing activity: Observations in theory and practice along with an appendix acknowledgments, minutes of all excavations to December 31, 1912 and statistics).

He visited the United States on 27 January 1914 aboard the USS George Washington, passing through New York City on his way to Vancouver Island to divine for radium. He also spent time dowsing in the Sinai Peninsula and in Palestine. The Deutsche Levante-Zeitung reported in November 1915 that von Graeve had dowsed for water at the German temple colony, on the property of the Auguste Viktoria Foundation on the Mount of Olives and on that of a Syrian orphanage.

In 1918, von Graeve is said to have found a mineral spring on the Schwedderberg near Gernrode, allegedly by using a divining rod, which was then used for the local outdoor pool. The town of Gernrode then had three bathing establishments, namely the Osterteich, the Schraderbad and the Ottobad, the latter discovered by and named after von Graeve.

It was reported that during geological explorations undertaken in Thermalbad Wiesenbad between 1919-21 von Graeve was present as a representative of the company Meyer und Co. and, in May 1920 he used his dowsing rod (through a bore hole made by the engineer Röttinger from Halle) to discover a spring that was 25 °C (77 °F), erupted 5.2 metres (17 ft) initially on tapping and produced 210 litres (55 US gal) per minute.

Because of his reported successes, in 1920 he was commissioned by the city of Reutlingen to assist with drilling for a water source. After drilling in vain to a depth of 126 meters at the site von Graeve had indicated, he was expelled from the site.

Von Graeve married Elsbeth Schrey on ​​1 April 1902 in Danzig and they had seven children (four sons and three daughters).

Publications

References

  1. ^ "Otto Edler von Graeve". Dictionnaires (in French and German). 9 May 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  2. ^ Otto von Graeve, a Modern Dowser. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company. 1914. p. 312. ISSN 0361-3941. Otto Edler von Graeve, president of the Internationalen Vereins der Rutenganger, the International Divining Rod ... Otto Edler von Graeve, divining-rod expert, who has come over here to locate radium, told a visitor something about ... {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Hartung, Hans (1912). Zur vergangenheit von Gernrode [On the past of Gernrode] (in German). C. Mittag. p. 263. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  4. ^ Hartung, Hans (1913). Die Welt des Islams: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Islamkunde (in German). D. Reimer. p. 92. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
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