Louis Neye

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Louis Neye (born May 8, 1863 in Flatow , Osthavelland , † November 28, 1955 in Hildesheim ) was a German specialist teacher for agriculture and a successful textbook author .

Live and act

Louis Neye studied at the Agricultural University in Berlin and passed the diploma exam there in 1890 . He then worked for one year as an agriculture teacher in Oranienburg and in Heide ( Holstein ), then as director of the agricultural school in Katzenelnbogen (near Nassau ) and in Visselhövede ( Lüneburg Heath ). From 1894 he worked as a senior teacher and economist at the agricultural school ( Michelsenschule ) in Hildesheim . For health reasons, he took early retirement in 1919 .

Neye wrote didactically exemplary textbooks on arable farming , crop cultivation , animal breeding and agricultural management, oriented towards the practical needs of agricultural students . For over fifty years, revised editions of his most successful books were available in bookshops.

Major works

  • The agriculture theory. A guide for teaching in agricultural schools . Verlag Hermann Olms Hildesheim 1899; 10th edition, ibid. 1920; 15th edition Beltz-Verlag Langensalza 1938; 22nd edition, revised by Ewald Klohn, Beltz-Verlag Weinheim / Bergstraße 1957.
  • The plant cultivation theory (cultivation of cultivated plants). A textbook for agricultural schools . Verlag Hermann Olms Hildesheim 1903; 10th edition Beltz-Verlag Langensalza 1928; 19th edition revised by Ewald Klohn, Beltz-Verlag Weinheim / Bergstrasse 1956.
  • Animal breeding doctrine. A textbook for agricultural schools . Verlag Hermann Olms Hildesheim 1911; 10th edition. Verlag Lax Hildesheim 1948; 16th edition revised by Otto Riesenberg, Beltz-Verlag Weinheim / Bergstrasse 1957.
  • Agricultural management. A guide to teaching in agricultural schools . Private printing Hildesheim 1921.

literature

  • 100 years of the Michelsenschule Hildesheim . Higher agricultural school with upper school level (agricultural high school) 1858–1958. A celebratory donation by the association of old Hildesheimer Michelsenschüler for the centenary of the school in May 1958. Private printing Hildesheim 1958, p. 186 u. 325

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personal data
SURNAME Neye, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German specialist teacher for agriculture and textbook author
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Flatow , East Havelland
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1955
Place of death Hildesheim