August Gottfried Schweitzer
August Gottfried Schweitzer (born November 4, 1788 in Naumburg (Saale) , † July 17, 1854 in Poppelsdorf ) was a German agronomist and agricultural scientist .
Life
Schweitzer was born in 1788 in Naumburg an der Saale in Saxony as the son of the local merchant Christian Schweitzer and Christina Dorothea, born Frenkel († 1820), who had been married since 1780. He was taught by private tutors. In 1807 he went to the newly established agricultural institute of Albrecht Daniel Thaer in Möglin , but in 1808 he returned to his parents' manor in Mosen near Ronneburg, from where he undertook several agricultural study trips through Germany and Switzerland and wrote his first scientific essays.
He attended university, where he received his doctorate. The later Minister of State Christian Wilhelm Schweitzer in Weimar was his older brother.
In 1829 Schweitzer became a professor at the Forest Academy in Tharandt , Saxony, under the direction of Heinrich Cotta . There in 1830 he took over the management of the newly founded agricultural training institute connected to the Forest Academy.
In 1846 Schweitzer became a professor at the University of Bonn before he was appointed director of the royal higher agricultural institution in Poppelsdorf. For a time, Schweitzer was also the head of the Economic Society in the Kingdom of Saxony. In 1851 he retired due to his poor health.
Fonts (selection)
- Contributions in the yearbooks of the royal. Saxon Academy for Forestry and Agriculture in Tharand
- About improvement of farming in the Saxon Ore Mountains
- Contributions to the agricultural journal of the Economic Society in the Kingdom of Saxony
- About economic institutions, with special consideration of the agricultural conditions occurring in the Kingdom of Saxony , 1849
- Concise textbook on agriculture for use in lectures , 3rd edition, Leipzig 1854
literature
- William Löbe: Schweitzer, August Gottfried . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 33, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, p. 366 f.
Web links
- Entry in the CERL thesaurus
- Works by and about August Gottfried Schweitzer in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schweitzer, August Gottfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German agronomist and agricultural scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 4, 1788 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naumburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 17, 1854 |
| Place of death | Poppelsdorf |