Adolf Blomeyer (agricultural scientist)

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Adolf Blomeyer

Adolf Blomeyer or Adolph Blomeyer (born February 24, 1830 in Frankenhausen near Kassel, † December 18, 1889 in Leipzig ) was a German agricultural scientist .

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Gravestone Adolf Blomeyer from the New Johannisfriedhof , now: Lapidarium Alter Johannisfriedhof , Leipzig

Adolf Blomeyer, son of a domain tenant, studied law at the Universities of Heidelberg and Marburg, where he became a member of the Corps Vandalia Heidelberg (1850) and Teutonia Marburg (1851). In 1852 he was promoted to Dr. jur. et phil. PhD . After a brief activity as a court trainee, he turned to agriculture. He completed a strict apprenticeship on his parents' lease and later on a neighboring farm. After several study trips, he leased an estate in Silesia . In 1860 he took over the Frankenhausen domain. From 1865 he taught as a professor of agriculture at the Agricultural Academy in Proskau .

In 1869, Blomeyer accepted a call to the University of Leipzig and founded an agricultural institute, which he headed until his death. Throughout his life he maintained close contacts with farmers. For many years, in addition to his work as a university professor, he was also an economic advisor for larger goods in Poznan and Pomerania. His advice on all questions of agriculture was particularly important in the Kingdom of Saxony. He was a master at combining scientific research results and practical knowledge from farming and presenting it in a number of books that were easy to understand. The focus of his teaching activities was in the field of crop production. In 1881 he was given the title of Privy Councilor.

Fonts

  • Lease law and lease agreements. A handbook of the Prussian and Saxon tenancy law with critical discussions about the entire tenancy law and the draft of a larger estate. Berlin 1873.
  • The mechanical processing of the soil with due regard for experience and science. Leipzig 1879.
  • The culture of agricultural crops. Volume 1: Leipzig 1889; Volume 2: completed after the author's death and edited by Henry Settegast , Leipzig 1891.

literature

  • J. Brümmer: Adolph Blomeyer. In: Fühling's Landwirthschaftliche Zeitung. Vol. 39, 1890, pp. 12-14.
  • Wilhelm Haan : Adolph Blomeyer . In: Saxon Writer's Lexicon . Robert Schaefer's Verlag, Leipzig 1875, pp. 25-26.
  • In memory of Dr. Adolf Blomeyer. In: Yearbook of the Society for the History and Literature of Agriculture. Vol. 29, 1930, pp. 20-21 (with picture).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kösener corps lists 1910. 122, 185; 166, 292.

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personal data
SURNAME Blomeyer, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blomeyer, Adolph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German agricultural scientist
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankenhausen near Kassel
DATE OF DEATH December 18, 1889
Place of death Leipzig