Friedrich Boas

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Friedrich Boas (born November 28, 1886 in Hennenbach near Ansbach , Bavaria , † March 15, 1960 in Munich ) was a German botanist and phytomedicist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " F.Boas ".

Life

Boas, son of a farmer, studied natural sciences at the University of Munich from 1906 and received his doctorate there in 1912 with a thesis in botany . From 1913 he was a member of the teaching staff at the Academy (from 1920 University) for Agriculture and Brewery in Weihenstephan. From 1916 to 1929 he worked there as an associate professor at the botanical laboratory and at the plant protection station. In 1930 he was appointed full professor of botany at the Technical University of Munich , where he worked until his retirement in 1951.

He became a member of the NSDAP at the latest in the time of National Socialism . According to his head teacher, he was the "only representative of the movement ... and accordingly dean". During the Second World War he worked on the Nutrition from the Forest project in order to counteract the supply bottleneck on the "nutrition front". He was a full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

research

During his time in Weihenstephan , Boas promoted the development of appropriate plant protection in Bavaria. For agricultural practice he wrote the guide " The most important cereal diseases and their control " (1923). In the same year he published the book " The Lupine as an Object of Plant Research " together with Friedrich Merkenschlager . Also noteworthy is his work " The Plant as a Colloid System ", published in 1928 , an attempt to apply findings from colloid chemistry in plant physiological research.

In 1937 his main scientific work, the book " Dynamic Botany ", was published. Boaz was the first to introduce this term into scientific terminology and particularly emphasize its importance for agriculture. He did not regard plants as static objects of science, but as dynamic members of natural communities. The book, which was published several times, made Boaz's name known in wide circles. Of the other independent publications, his work should be emphasized: " Biologische Zukunft " (1939), a thoughtful treatise on plant nutrition . In 1930 Boas was one of the founders of the magazine "Archiv für Mikrobiogie" and was co-editor of the series "Naturwissenschaft und Landwirtschaft" (19 issues, 1924–1936). Even after his retirement, he worked tirelessly. In 1958 he published the book " Pointer Plants . Dealing with Weeds in the Arable Landscape ", which is important for the practice of plant cultivation .

Significant for the universality of Boas' world of thought is his " Biologen-Brevier ", published together with Merkenschlager in 1947 , a collection of quotations from the works of important thinkers. In the book " Die Wiese der Glückseligkeit " ( The Meadow of Bliss ), first published in 1949, Boas gives an overview of his ideas on natural philosophy, which flow into a comprehensive theory of agricultural values.

Works

  • The main cereal diseases and their control . Verlag FP Datterer & Co. Freising 1923 = Weihenstephan collection of writings for practical agriculture H. 10.
  • F. Boas and F. Merkenschlager: The lupine as an object of plant research. Morphology, anatomy, physiology and pathology of the yellow lupins . Paul Parey publishing house in Berlin 1923.
  • The plant as a colloidal system . Verlag FP Datterer & Co. Freising = Science and Agriculture H. 14.
  • Dynamic botany. A physiology of native plants for biologists, doctors, pharmacists, chemists, farmers, gardeners . Verlag JF Lehmanns Munich 1937; 2nd edition 1942; 3rd edition 1949.
  • Biological future. Common considerations on the results of plant nutrition theory . Munich 1939. - In a revised and expanded version under the title: Plant, Fertilization, Nutrition. A look into our biological future . Hippokrates-Verlag Stuttgart 1949.
  • Biologist's Breviary . Edited by F. Boas and F. Merkenschlager. Stromverlag Hamburg-Bergedorf 1947; 2nd ext. Publishers FP Datterer Freising 1951.
  • The meadow of bliss . Munich 1949; 2nd edition. Landbau-Verlag Munich 1960.
  • Pointer plants. Dealing with weeds in the arable landscape . Publishing company for arable farming Bielefeld 1958.

literature

  • Friedrich Merkenschlager: Friedrich Boas 65 years old . In: Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau vol. 4, 1951, p. 501.
  • Oskar Schweighart: Professor Boas 65 years . In: Deutsche Landwirtschaftliche Presse vol. 74, 1951, p. 323 (with picture).
  • H. Seel: Friedrich Boas. For his 70th birthday . In: Planta Medica Vol. 5, 1957, pp. 2-4.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ernst Klee : The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945 . Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Second updated edition, Frankfurt am Main 2005, p. 56.
  2. ^ Quoted from Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Third Reich , Fischer Taschenbuch 2005, p. 56.
  3. ^ Member entry of Friedrich Boas at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on January 2, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Boas, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist and phytopathologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Hennenbach (Bavaria)
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1960
Place of death Munich