Felix Bornemann

This article is about the crop scientist Felix Bornemann. For the NSDAP politician of the same name, see Felix Bornemann (politician) .

Felix Bornemann (born November 17, 1861 in Leipzig , † October 1932 in Eisenach ) was a German crop scientist.

Bornemann studied natural sciences in Göttingen and Berlin, received his doctorate in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1887 and then went into practical agriculture. From 1891 to 1901 he was domain tenant on the Trenkelhof near Eisenach. He then studied agriculture in Berlin. In 1908 he received the Venia legendi for farm management and arable farming at the Agricultural University in Berlin . As a private lecturer or later as a professor, he was a member of the teaching staff at this university until 1921. He then worked as a business consultant.

Since 1901 Bornemann has published numerous articles on tillage, weed control and fertilization in specialist journals. He is also the author of several books. His award-winning paper on the most important agricultural weeds was published three times . As an imaginative experimenter, he was active in the field of carbon dioxide fertilization .

Fonts

• The main agricultural weeds, their life history and methods of controlling them . Paul Parey publishing house, Berlin 1910, 2nd edition 1920, 3rd edition 1923 = Thaer Library Volume 112.
• The engine culture in Germany (with the help of Bruno Donath ). Paul Parey publishing house, Berlin 1913.
• Carbon dioxide and plant growth . Paul Parey publishing house, Berlin 1920, 2nd edition 1923.
• The carbon nutrition of crops . Paul Parey publishing house, Berlin 1930.

literature

• Our contemporaries. Who is it? Published by AL Degener. 9th edition, Berlin 1928, p. 172.
• Johannes Asen: Complete directory of the teaching staff of the University of Berlin. Volume 1, 1810-1945 . Leipzig 1955, p. 21.

Web links

• Literature by and about Felix Bornemann in the catalog of the German National Library