Adolph Valentiner
Adolph Valentiner (born July 4, 1803 on Futterkamp ; † May 23, 1868 on Gjeddesdal, Greve Sogn ) was a German-Danish farmer and agricultural reformer .
Life
Adolph Valentiner was a son of the tenant of Futterkamp Heinrich Christian Valentiner (1767-1831). Wilhelm Heinrich Valentiner was his younger brother. In 1819 the father moved with his family to Lübeck , where Adolph attended the Katharineum in Lübeck until he graduated from high school in 1822. In the same year his father bought the Danish estate Gjeddesdal on Zealand .
After several years of working on the farm, Adolph Valentiner took over the estate after the death of his father and expanded it into a model business. He was one of the first to use clay pipes for drainage . From the USA he introduced new methods of dairy farming in Denmark. He published his experiences in numerous technical articles as well as in the multiple published Lommebog for Landmænd (pocket book for farmers).
He was married to Elise, b. Jacobsen. Heinrich Nicolai Valentiner (1834–1921) took over Gjeddesdal from the couple's sons and also became a leading agricultural reformer in Denmark; Poul Christian Julius Valentiner (1850–1915) became a bank director and politician.
Fonts
- Lommebog for Landmænd. Copenhagen 1857 etc.
- Digitized version of the 1860 edition
Awards
- Title Budget Council
- Dannebrogorden , knight
literature
- Eduard Alberti (ed.): Lexicon of Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburg and Eutinian writers from 1829 to mid-1866. 2. Dept. M – Z, Academic Bookstore, Kiel 1868 ( digitized ), p. 494 No. 2238
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hermann Genzken: The Abitur graduates of the Katharineum in Lübeck (grammar school and secondary school) from Easter 1807 to 1907. Borchers, Lübeck 1907. (Supplement to the school program 1907): Digitalisat , No. 139
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| SURNAME | Valentiner, Adolph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Danish farmer and agricultural reformer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | on Futterkamp |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 23, 1868 |
| Place of death | on Gjeddesdal, Greve Sogn |