Max Gerlach
Max Gerlach (born May 28, 1861 in Prenzlau , † March 30, 1940 in Berlin ) was a German agricultural chemist .
Live and act
Max Gerlach, son of the director of the gasworks in Prenzlau, studied chemistry and agriculture at the University of Halle (Saale) and was there in 1888 with a thesis in the field of organic chemistry doctorate . He then worked for several years as a scientific assistant to the agricultural chemist Max Maercker at the agricultural research station in Halle. In 1893 he took over the management of the agricultural research station in Poznan . Through active experimentation he sustainably promoted agriculture in this region. In 1900 he set up the Pentkowo experimental farm and in 1905 the Mocheln experimental farm. In 1904 he was appointed professor.
In 1906 Gerlach accepted a call as director of the newly founded Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Agriculture in Bromberg . In 1908 he described its facilities in a richly illustrated report in the magazine “Landwirtschaftliche Jahrbücher”. After the First World War, the research facility became Polish property in 1919. Gerlach moved to Berlin , where from 1923 to 1930 he was head of a research institute for plant and fodder processing.
At all of his places of activity, Gerlach devoted himself particularly to the issues of fertilization. In 1932 the Agricultural University in Berlin awarded him an honorary doctorate .
Publications (selection)
- The Kaiser Wilhelms Institute for Agriculture in Bromberg . In: Landwirtschaftliche Jahrbücher Vol. 37, 1908, pp. 181-200 u. 10 panels.
- Report of the German Agricultural Council on field tests on the effects of various nitrogenous fertilizers . Compiled and edited by M. Gerlach. Verlag Paul Parey Berlin 1914 = Reports on Agriculture (special issue), no.34.
- Long-term field tests on the effects of potash salts on sandy soils . Verlaggesellschaft für Ackerbau Berlin 1930 = Agricultural textbooks No. 5.
literature
- H. Niklas: Privy Councilor Prof. Dr. Gerlach 75 years . In: Das Superphosphat 12, 1936, ISSN 0371-2230 , pp. 73-74.
- Paul Ehrenberg : Go. Government Councilor Prof. Dr. Drhc Max Gerlach † . In: Der Forschungsdienst 9, 1940, p. 487.
- Berend Strahlmann: Gerlach, Max. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 302 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Max Gerlach in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gerlach, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German agricultural chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prenzlau |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 1940 |
| Place of death | Berlin |