Albrecht Block
Albrecht Block (born March 5, 1774 in Sagan , † November 21, 1847 in Carolath ) was a German farmer .
Albrecht Block learned agriculture from 1789, managed several estates, lived as a councilor and director of the Silesian regular sheep farm in Karolath from 1838 and died there. He ran a small agricultural institute on his Schierau estate until 1838. Block earned great merit by spreading the crop rotation economy , improving the fertilizer system, growing potatoes and raising sheep.
Fonts
- Results of the experiments on the production and extraction of fertilizer (Berl. 1823)
- Attempts to compare the values of the finest arable products (that. 1823)
- Communications of agricultural experiences, views and principles (2nd edition, Breslau. 1837–39, 3 vols.)
- About animal manure, its increase, etc. (that. 1835).
literature
- Heinz Haushofer: Block, Albrecht. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 311 ( digitized version ).
- William Löbe: Block, Albrecht . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 712 f.
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| SURNAME | Block, Albrecht |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German farmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1774 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sagan |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 1847 |
| Place of death | Carolath |