Albert Boerger
Albert Boerger (born November 4, 1881 in Grevenbrück , † March 28, 1957 on the La Estanzuela experimental farm in Uruguay ) was a German agricultural scientist.
Career
After graduating from high school in Attendorn in 1902 , Boerger went to study at the Technical University of Hanover . However, family reasons forced him to return to Grevenbrück in order to devote himself entirely to his father's agriculture for three years. During this time he also dealt intensively with the agricultural literature. After the break he resumed his studies in Bonn . His specialty was the breeding of new and the refinement of old seeds . In 1912 he graduated as Dr. phil.
Also in 1912 he had the opportunity to take on a responsible position in Uruguay in the state seed breeding establishment "La Estanzuela" at the mouth of the Río de la Plata . Under his leadership it was possible to increase grain production many times over and to fundamentally improve the food situation in the country. La Plata wheat developed into a world-famous product.
Boerger became known through his La Estanzuela seed breeding establishment, which he ran, and his research, publications and lectures. His home community Grevenbrück granted him honorary citizenship on the occasion of his 70th birthday on November 4, 1951 .
On July 12, 1954, the agricultural faculty of the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn awarded Boerger an honorary doctorate in agriculture . He is honored as a scientist "who already dealt with a topic of global importance in his dissertation and thus initiated the modern development of forage crops, who, as an excellent plant breeder, created varieties with the highest productivity and recognized the crucial importance of the quality problem early and tried to solve it , and who, as a sovereign researcher and teacher, gave a universal view of our findings in the entire field of agriculture in its manifold interactions and thus contributed significantly to increasing the reputation of German science in the world ”.
In 1935 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina Science Academy . During a visit to Germany in 1954, he was awarded the Great Cross of Merit for the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany .
Albert Boerger died on March 28, 1957 at his workplace in La Estanzuela, his final resting place is in the cemetery in Colonia (Uruguay).
On the occasion of the 135th anniversary of his birthday, the local press extensively paid tribute to his life and work, as well as the honors at home and abroad. The Museum of the City of Lennestadt commemorated Albert Boerger with an exhibition, in particular the documents on honorary citizenship.
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- Walter Stupperich, honor for Grevenbrück's great son - scientist Professor Dr. Albert Boerger was born 135 years ago today, in: Westfalenpost from November 4, 2016, newspaper for Lennestadt and Kirchhundem
- De Suerlänner home calendar for the Kurkölln Sauerland, Meschede, annual issue 1959, page 7 (obituary Prof. Dr. Albert Boerger)
Web links
- Literature by and about Albert Boerger in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ↑ PDF file Honorary Doctor of Agriculture Faculty of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm University, p. 11 [1]
- ↑ Member entry of Albert Boerger (with picture) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on November 25, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boerger, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German agricultural scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 4, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grevenbrück |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 1957 |
| Place of death | Uruguay |