Ottomar Rohde

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Friedrich Ludwig Ottomar Rohde (born November 12, 1815 in Bützow , † December 30, 1881 in Greifswald ) was a German agricultural scientist and non-fiction author.

Life

Ottomar Rohde was born as the son of the former farmer and tenant Ludewig Hellmuth Burchard Rohde and his wife Sophia Dorothea, nee. Too bad born. He studied at the Eldena Agricultural Academy . From 1842 he was estate manager in Gramenz and from 1846 general secretary of the Baltic Central Agricultural Association . After completing his doctorate and habilitation , he worked as a university lecturer at the Agricultural Academy Eldena from 1850 and at the same time was administrator of the associated sample property. Together with Ferdinand Jühlke and (NN) Trommer, Rohde managed the “Eldena Archive” .

He was married to Bertha, geb. Snappy. One son of the couple was the later Reich judge Max Ludwig Rohde , another the later director of the Agricultural Academy Eldena William Rohde (1847-1903). The daughter Emma (1859–1934) became a pianist and was the wife of the historian Max Lenz .

Publications (selection)

  • Contributions to drainage , Koch, 1852 digitized , Bavarian State Library
  • Contributions to the knowledge of woolly hair , G. Bosselmann, 1857 Preview online
  • The care and use of domestic pigs with special consideration for the division and economic value of the pig races , Koch, 1860 digitized , Bavarian State Library
  • Sheep breeding in Germany under the influence of wool production in Australia: concise manual for sheep breeders, wool producers, sorters and traders, etc. , Berlin, 1869
  • The races of the cattle: The dairy industry and especially feeding theory , Berlin, Wiegand, 1872
  • Racing, dairy farming, breeding and feeding , Berlin, Hempel & Parey, 1876
  • Breeds, breeding and nutrition of cattle and dairy farming. With 40 pictures of the breed in color print, 2 lithographed Plates and 144 text illustrations, 3rd edition, completely reworked and edited by CJ Eisbein. Berlin: Paul Parey 1885

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A wide variety of dates of birth exist for Rohde in various sources. The church registry in Bützow is November 12, 1815 as the date of his birth and November 15, 1815 as the date of his baptism (church book of the Bützow monastery church, baptism entry No. 166/1815). All deviating information in publications or other sources is incorrect.
  2. ↑ Max Güntz : Handbook of agricultural literature. Part II. Voigt, Leipzig 1897, p. 270
  3. ↑ Biography (Russian) (accessed November 9, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME Rohde, Ottomar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rohde, Friedrich Ludwig Ottomar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German agricultural scientist and non-fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Bützow
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 1881
Place of death Greifswald