Hans Geidel
Hans Geidel (born May 17, 1926 in Hameln ) is a German computer scientist , he is considered a pioneer of digital agricultural statistics in Germany. Since 1976 he has been honorary professor at the University of Hohenheim .
Live and act
Geidel studied mathematics, physics and chemistry at the University of Hanover with a state examination for the higher teaching degree in 1951. During his time as a mathematician at the Federal Office of Varieties he was responsible for the statistical evaluation of the variety tests. At the University of Giessen , he was in 1956 for Dr. rer nat doctorate. From 1961 to 1963 he was the head of the mathematical statistical evaluation department of the Research Institute for Agriculture in Braunschweig-Völkenrode. In 1963, Geidel received a lectureship in statistics and the contract to set up the computer center at the University of Hohenheim. His main areas of research were biometrics, statistics, and computer science. Together with Ludwig Reiner and Anton Mangstl , he was committed to developing agricultural informatics in Germany. In this context, he received a teaching position for biometrics at the University of Giessen. Hans Geidel was made an honorary professor at the university in 1976 and retired in 1988.
Memberships
- Founding member of the Society for Computer Science in Agriculture (GIL)
- Participant in the project using databases in agriculture with the Agrarinformatik series of publications by Eugen Ulmer, funded by the Federal Ministry of Research
- Member of the International Biometric Society
- Member of the Society for Plant Breeding
- Member of the Corps Germania Hohenheim
Publications (selection)
- Mathematics for agronomists and biologists. Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 1970, ISBN 3-8001-2302-9 .
- with Walter Schuster : The agricultural-technical assistant. Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-8001-2116-6 .
- with Werner Haufe: Over 150 years of field tests and laboratory technology in sugar beet breeding. Münster 1999, ISBN 3-7843-3017-7 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans Geidel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Hans Geidel in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Hans Geidel on the website of the University of Hohenheim
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Geidel. In: Ulrich Fellmeth , Kathrin Quast (arr.): The academic teachers at the University of Hohenheim 1968–2005. Scripta-Mercaturae-Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, p. 136f. (online at: uni-hohenheim.de )
- ^ Manfred G. Raupp: Requirements for an agricultural database. Manuscript for the working group “Ispflanz” Munich Weihenstephan / Staffort, 1976.
- ↑ GIL expert network for agricultural informatics
- ^ Directory of Weinheimer Corps Students 1990, p. 132
literature
- Gerhard Röbbelen : Biographical Lexicon for the History of Plant Breeding, Quedlinburg 1st episode 2000
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geidel, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German agricultural computer scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamelin |