Eduard Lange (pomologist)

Eduard Lange, lithograph with signature (1868)

Eduard Theodor Lange (born September 10, 1803 in Reust near Ronneburg , † April 17, 1868 in Altenburg ) was a German teacher and pomologist .

Life

Eduard Lange was the eldest son of the pastor in Reust at the time. He later married Antonie Besser, with whom he had at least one son, Edmund Lange .

Lange spent his childhood in Saara from 1808 and from 1816 attended the grammar school in Altenburg . In 1822 he beagb after a successful exam at the University of Leipzig in order to study theology to deny. In 1825 he joined a Burschenschaft union connection and became the University consecutive referenced . In 1827 and 1828, respectively, he was offered to re-enter his studies by the University of Leipzig, but he preferred to return to Altenburg and work as a private teacher. In 1828 he was enrolled at the University of Munich and studied philology and mathematics until 1830 . He completed his training at the Higher Trade School in Potsdam , and also attended some science lectures in Berlin .

He started his career and finally found his professional fulfillment in 1832 as a main teacher and conductor at the art and trade school in Altenburg. From 1838 he was also a scientifically oriented teacher and conductor of the Altenburg Citizens' Boys School. He held the title of "professor" throughout his life , and in 1865 Lange was awarded the title of "school councilor" by the highest decree of his sovereign, Duke Joseph von Sachsen-Altenburg , combined with his appointment as a secular member of the ducal who had a seat and a voice Consistory . Here he was mainly involved in the section on elementary schools.

For a long time he was an active member of numerous associations and thus took an active part in the social life of his time. However, he developed special and much-noticed activities as secretary and director of the Pomological Society in Altenburg.

Publications

• Annual report on the nineteenth year of the Arts and Crafts Association. In: Mittheilungen from the Easter country. First volume. Published by the Arts and Crafts Association, the Natural Research Society, the Pomological Society of Altenburg. Schnuphase, Altenburg 1837, pp. 64–76 ( digitized version )

Articles in the Pomological monthly bulletins

• The rise of fruit growing and the multiplication of fruit varieties , Volume 1, Issue 2, pp. 49–53
• Simple method of drawing fruit types in outline , Volume 1, Booklet 3, p. 97
• About the planting of the paths with fruit trees , Volume 1, Booklet 3, p. 101
• The sample or variety trees , Volume 1, Issue 3, pp. 101-102
• Experiences about ringing , Volume 1, Issue 3, pp. 102-103
• Quince cuttings , Volume 1, Issue 4, p. 146
• Does the substrate have a significant influence on the quality and beauty of the fruits of the noble rice? Volume 1, Issue 4, p. 146
• The guide in fruit science on a botanical-pomological route , Volume 1, Issue 4, pp. 151–152
• Experiences and measures of a fruit tree grower , Volume 1, Issue 5, pp. 193–196
• About fruit sowing and its successes , Volume 1, Issue 6, pp. 257-259
• Pomologische Mittheilungen , Volume 1, Issue 6, pp. 268-271
• Contributions to the pomological systematics , Volume 1, Issue 7, pp. 305–308
• To remove the confusion of names in pomology , Volume 1, Issue 7, pp. 311-313

literature

• Eduard Lucas : Schulrath Eduard Lange . In: Illustrirte monthly books for fruit u. Viticulture . 14th year (1868), pp. 225-231 ( digitized version )

Web links

Wikisource: Eduard Lange  - Sources and full texts