Heinrich Havermann

Heinrich Havermann (born January 29, 1909 in Benrath near Düsseldorf ; † November 22, 1971 in Bonn ) was a German animal breeding scientist and professor at the University of Bonn .

Life

He studied agriculture and zoology in Kiel and Bonn-Poppelsdorf , put the final exam as agronomist from, was founded in 1935 as a research assistant at the former Institute of Animal Breeding and dairying with the experimental farm Frankenforst Bonn University and after graduation in 1941 to Dr. phil. active as senior scientific assistant. In 1946/47 Havermann completed his habilitation in Bonn-Poppelsdorf in the field of animal breeding and feeding, taught from 1947 as an adjunct, from 1950 as associate professor and head of the small animal breeding department and from 1951 headed the Frankenforst experimental farm.

In 1954 Havermann was appointed full professor for animal breeding and feeding and director of the Bonn Institute for animal breeding and husbandry as the successor to Georg Rothes . His research initially related to small animal breeding, namely poultry breeding, but then also to large animal breeding and the performance testing of the main animal species. He supervised three habilitation theses and over 90 dissertations. He was co-editor of the archive for poultry science and from 1958 editor of the journal Züchtungskunde . Here he introduced summaries in foreign languages ​​and promoted foreign authors. In 1965 he was appointed to the editorial board of the "World Revue of Animal Production".

After his sudden death, Franz Schmitten became his successor.

Fonts (selection)

• The Rhenish poultry herd book and its importance for state poultry breeding: From the Institute for Animal Breeding and Dairy Science at Univ. Bonn. Agricultural dissertation at the Univ. Bonn, 1940, 104 pp. At the same time, special issue from “Works from German Animal Breeding”, issue 12, 1941
• Investigations into the efficiency of the Rhenish pig breeding based on the results of the fattening performance tests. Bonn, Landw., Hab.-Schr. v. May 12, 1947, 75 signed p.
• American Agriculture: Agriculture - Applied Science; Experiences and experiences of German agricultural experts with farmers, professors and consultants in the USA. Arranged by Helmut Röhm. Published by Havermann. Hiltrup b. Münster: Landwirtschaftsverlag, 1951, 360 pp.
• North Rhine-Westphalia. State Committee on Land. Research, education and business advice. Düsseldorf: Dt. Landwirtschaftsverlag, Part 17, 1968, 141 pp.
• Festschrift for Prof. Heinrich Havermann on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Bonn: Inst. For animal breeding and animal feeding of the Rhine. Friedrich-Wilhelms-Univ .; 1969, 203 pp.
• Annual reports from the testing institute Eickelborn 1969/1971:
  • Fattening performance test for cattle
  • Laying performance test for chickens
  • Fattening performance test for sheep
• The Rhenish fattening and slaughter performance test for pigs / Institute for Animal Breeding and Animal Feeding of the Univ. Bonn. State fattening testing institute on the Frankenforst experimental estate. Edited by H. Havermann and K. Finke, 196.
• Obituary for (em. O. Professor of agriculture) Dr. phil. August Richardsen. In: Züchtungskunde, 29, 1957, H. 5, S. 189-190.
• Obituary for (em. Ord. University professor) Dr. phil. Dr. agr. hc Georg Rothes. In: Breeding Science. 32, 1960, H. 5, 193-194.

literature

• Theophil Gerber: personalities from agriculture, forestry, horticulture and veterinary medicine. Biographical Lexicon. NoRa, Berlin 2014, 280–281, ISBN 3-936735-67-0 .
• Hans Schlütter: Heinrich Havermann in memory. In: Züchtungskunde, Vol. 43, 1971, Issue 6, pp. 387–388.
• Gabriele Wasser: From the manor to the agricultural teaching and experimental station. History of a Rhenish court. Norderstedt, 3rd revised. Ed., 160 pages, ISBN 978-3-7494-0943-3 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Historical calendar of the University of Bonn