Adolf Ritter von Liebenberg

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Adolf Ritter von Liebenberg (1890, signed "JR")

Adolf Ritter von Liebenberg de Zsittin (born September 5, 1851 in Como , Lombardy , † May 6, 1922 in Vienna ) was an Austrian crop scientist . He has taught at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna since 1878 .

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Adolf Liebenberg, son of an officer, studied chemistry and agriculture at the Technical University in Vienna from 1868 , continued his agricultural studies at the University of Halle (Saale) in 1871 and received his doctorate there in 1873 with Julius Kühn with a dissertation on the behavior of water in the soil . He then worked as an officer in a sugar factory. In 1875 he returned to the University of Halle and completed his habilitation in the same year with the paper " Investigations on soil heat ".

In 1876 Liebenberg accepted a call to the University of Königsberg . Here he worked as an associate professor for agriculture and continued to deal with questions of soil physics . As the successor to Friedrich Haberlandt , Liebenberg was appointed associate professor for agricultural crop production at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna in 1878 and was appointed full professor in 1884. As head of the chair for agricultural crop production, he worked here for 44 years as a successful teacher, researcher and organizer.

In Vienna, Liebenberg's research focus was initially on the field of seeds . In 1881 he founded a semen control station. He published several articles on open questions about germination physiology . He made particular contributions to the development of agricultural experiments. In 1885 he and Emanuel von Proskowetz founded the "Association for the Promotion of Agricultural Experiments in Austria", which he directed until 1899. In the "Mittheilungen" of this association (1886–1897) he published numerous articles on fertilization and variety experiments. He maintained close contacts with agricultural practice. After years of tough negotiations, in 1902 he was able to set up a university's own experimental farm in Groß-Enzersdorf .

Liebenberg sustainably promoted the specialization of agricultural teaching. In 1898 he succeeded in setting up a chair for phytopathology at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna and in 1906 a chair for plant breeding . Liebenberg's services were honored in 1898 with the award of the title of Hofrat (1898) and the Commander's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order (1900).

Publications (selection)

  • About the behavior of water in the ground . Diss. Phil. Hall 1873.
  • Studies on the heat of the soil . Habilitation thesis Univ. Hall 1875. - Zugl. in: Reports from the physiological laboratory and the research institute of the agricultural institute of the University of Halle H. 2, 1880, pp. 7–39.
  • About the current state of soil physics . In: Research in the field of agricultural physics Vol. 1, 1878, pp. 3-42.
  • Investigations into the role of lime in the germination of seeds . Verlag Gerold's and Son Vienna 1881. - Zugl. in: Meeting reports of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vol. 84, 1881, No. 1, Dept. 1, pp. 407–447.
  • The experimental activity of the practical farmer . Short reports from the Association for the Promotion of Agricultural Experiments in Austria, H. 2, Vienna 1895.
  • On the natural history and culture of brewing barley . Short reports from the Association for the Promotion of Agricultural Experiments in Austria, H. 4, Vienna 1897.

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SURNAME Liebenberg, Adolf Ritter von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Liebenberg de Zsittin, Adolf Ritter von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian crop scientist
DATE OF BIRTH September 5, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Como , Lombardy
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1922
Place of death Vienna