Gustav Fingerling
Gustav Fingerling (born September 27, 1876 in Sachsenberg , Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont , † April 13, 1944 in Leipzig ) was a German agricultural chemist.
Life
After graduating from secondary school, Gustav Fingerling studied natural sciences from 1895 to 1899 at the Philipps University of Marburg and the University of Strasbourg . In 1900 he became an assistant at the Agricultural Research Station in Hohenheim , where he became a member of the Corps Germania . In 1902 he was at the Georg-August-University of Goettingen to the Dr. phil. doctorate and in 1905 appointed head of department at the agricultural research station in Hohenheim. In 1912 he was appointed director of the Agricultural Research Institute in Leipzig-Möckern , which he headed until his death in 1944. From 1919 until its dissolution in March 1920, Fingerling was a member of the Leipzig volunteer regiment . From 1928 to 1931 he read plant and animal nutrition at the University of Halle . In 1933 he joined the NSDAP . From 1934 to 1940 he was a full honorary professor for agrochemistry at the University of Leipzig . Fingerling was one of the leading experts in animal nutrition in Germany. He developed an ensiling process for preserving feed.
Honors
- Knight's Cross 1st class with the crown of the Saxon Order of Albrecht
- Saxon War Merit Cross
- Friedrich-August-Kreuz (Oldenburg War Merit Cross )
- Saxon Silver Merit Medal for Agriculture
- Dr. phil. hc
- Dr. agr. E. h.
- Member of the International Agricultural Institute in Rome
- Name giver for the Gustav Fingerling Medal of the German Agricultural Society
Fonts
- Studies on the influence of irritants on milk secretion , 1902
- Feeding issues of the present , 1924
- Editor of: The Nutrition of Farm Animals , 1916–1924
- Editor of: Fundamentals of Feeding Doctrine , 1920–1943
- Editor of: The Agricultural Research Stations, 1912–1935
literature
- Fingerling, Gustav. In: Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 1: A-K. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1930, DNB 453960286 , p. 438.
Web links
- Christian Augustin: Fingerling, Gustav . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
- Gustav Fingerling in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
Individual evidence
- ^ Address list of the Weinheimer SC. 1928, p. 201.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fingerling, Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German agricultural chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sachsenberg (Lichtenfels) |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 1944 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |