Max Becker (animal physiologist)
Max Becker (born May 8, 1906 in Aschersleben ; † June 2, 2000 in Stanggaß , Upper Bavaria ) was a German animal physiologist and university professor .
Life
Max Becker, the son of the businessman Max Becker senior and his wife Anna, née Ebert, graduated from the Reformrealgymnasium in Aschersleben in 1924 . He then turned to studying chemistry , physics and mineralogy at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena , in 1928 he passed his examination to become a graduate chemist, in 1930 he was awarded a Dr. phil. nat. PhD .
Max Becker subsequently received a position as a scientific assistant at the Institute for Physiological Chemistry at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. In the same position, he moved to the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin in 1936 , and in the following year to the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen , where he qualified as a lecturer in animal physiology and nutrition in 1940 .
Max Becker, who then as a soldier in the Air Force at the Second World War took part in 1950 to associate professor promoted. In the same year Becker was appointed department head of the Institute for Animal Nutrition at the Federal Research Center for Agriculture (FAL) in Braunschweig . In 1956 Max Becker accepted an offer for the full professorship for animal physiology and animal nutrition and head of the institute of the same name at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel , a position he held until his retirement in 1972.
Max Becker, who also chaired the Animal Nutrition Section in the Association of German Agricultural Investigations and Research Institutes (VDLUFA) , was awarded Oskar, who was established in memory of the important animal nutritionist Prof. Oskar Kellner , in recognition of his services in his field Kellner Prize and in 1972 the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class .
Becker married Magdalena, born in 1953, in his first marriage in 1937, and in his second marriage in 1954, Gisela, born in Ebert. He was the father of six children named Max, Konrad, Manfred, Karsten, Charlotte and Harald. Max Becker died in 2000 at the age of 94.
Publications
- Reaction kinetic studies on the mutarotation of glycothiosis, Dissertation , D. Meyer, Libau 1930
- With Walter Lenkeit: Practical training in the nutritional physiology of pets, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1949
- With Karl Stöckmann, Ekkehard Clemens: Technology of compound feed production, A. Strothe Verlag, Hanover 1960
- Analisis y valoración de piensos y forrajes, Acribia, Zaragoza 1961
- With Oskar Kellner: Basic principles of feeding theory, 13th edition, Paul Parey, Hamburg, Berlin 1962
- With Kurt Nehring et al .: Handbook of Feed, Paul Parey, Hamburg, Berlin 1965–1969
- The selective hypophysectomy in Göttingen miniature pigs: description of a newly developed approach and a proprietary method of HVL abrasion, University of Zurich, Zurich 1984
literature
- Werner Schuder (Hrsg.): Kürschner's German learned calendar . Volume 1, 13th edition, De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1980, ISBN 3-11-007434-6 , p. 186.
- Walter Habel (founder): Who is who? The German who's who . Volume 33, Verlag Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1994, ISBN 3-7950-2015-8 , p. 71.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar 2003: Bio-bibliographical directory of contemporary German-speaking scientists, Volume 3, KG Saur, Munich, 2003, p. 3853
Web links
- Literature by and about Max Becker in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Becker, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German animal physiologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aschersleben |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 2, 2000 |
| Place of death | Stanggaß , Upper Bavaria |