Hugo Bode

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Hugo Bode (born July 26, 1851 in Groß Salze ; † January 14, 1937 ) was a German crop scientist.

Bode, son of a Protestant pastor, completed an apprenticeship as a farmer after attending grammar school and then worked in practice. From 1877 he studied agriculture at the University of Halle and received his doctorate in 1882 with Julius Kühn with a dissertation on fertilization problems with sugar beet . He then leased an estate near Würzburg , which he managed for twelve years. In 1895 he returned to the University of Halle and worked as a research assistant at Julius Kühn. In 1902 he completed his habilitation here on a business topic.

In 1905 Bode was appointed associate professor for agriculture at the University of Halle. Until his retirement in 1921, he managed an extraordinary position for soil science , fertilization and bacteriology . At the same time he headed the agricultural-physiological laboratory of the University's Agricultural Institute. In this position he dealt with chemical-physical investigations for the evaluation of arable soils. He also improved the methodology for determining the starch in potatoes . In addition to his work as a university lecturer, he was involved as a consultant in agricultural practice. He published two articles in the journal “Kühn-Archiv” that are noteworthy in terms of the history of science.

Fonts (selection)

  • On the relationship between fertilization and the composition of sugar beet . Diss. Phil. Halle-Wittenberg 1882.
  • The preservation of the ground power in the lease . Habil.-Schr. Halle-Wittenberg 1902.
  • The Spirit Julius Kühn . In: Kühn Archive Vol. 3, 1913, pp. 117–127.
  • The treatment of agricultural soil science in university teaching . In: Kühn Archive Vol. 5, 1914, pp. 423–450.

literature

  • Halle's Academic Vademecum. Vol. 1: Bio-bibliography of the active professors, private lecturers and lecturers of the united Friedrichs-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. Halle (Saale) 1910, p. 257 (with few references).
  • Werner Prokoph: The teaching staff of the University of Halle-Wittenberg between 1917 and 1945. Halle (Saale) 1985, p. 156 u. 202.

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personal data
SURNAME Bode, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German crop scientist
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Big salts
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 1937