Paul Schachtschabel

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Paul Otto Schachtschabel (born June 4, 1904 in Gumperda , † February 4, 1998 in Hanover ) was a German soil scientist .

Life

He studied chemistry , mineralogy and physics in Jena , where he also received his doctorate in 1929 . In 1939 he qualified as a professor for the subjects of soil science and plant nutrition with the title Sorption of the inorganic and organic colloids of the soil . After interim employment at the Agricultural Research Institute in Stuttgart-Hohenheim and at the Soil Science Institute of the University of Göttingen , he held the chair for soil science at the University of Horticulture and Regional Culture from 1948 until his retirement in 1971, and later a chair at the University of Hanover .

From 1965 to 1969 he was Vice President of the German Soil Science Society , which made him an honorary member in 1973.

Schachtschabel was co-author of the 9th to 14th edition of the standard work of his mentor Fritz Scheffer Scheffer / Schachtschabel textbook of soil science .

Schachtschabel's students included Karl-Heinrich Hartge and Udo Schwertmann .

Honors

He was an honorary doctorate (Dr. agr. Hc.) From the University of Kiel and received the Hugo Neubauer Award from the Association of Agricultural Research and Research Institutes .

Works

  • About dehydration and rehydration of kaolin . In: Chemistry of the Earth . Vol. 4, Fischer, Jena 1930, pp. 395-419 DNB catalog
  • in collaboration with Fritz Scheffer : Textbook of Soil Science . - The first editions appeared in the "Collection of chemical and chemical-technical lectures" (new series, no. 35 a – c) published by Ferdinand Enke Stuttgart under the title Agrikulturchemie : Part a: Boden, 1937; 2nd edition 1944. Part b: Plant nutrition 1938; 2nd edition 1946; 3rd edition with Erwin Welte 1955. Part c: Humus and humus fertilizer 1941; 2nd edition with Bernhard Ulrich 1959. Scheffer later published part a Boden as an independent work together with Paul Schachtschabel: 3rd edition ibid 1952; 4th edition 1956; 5th edition 1960. All the following editions appeared under the title Textbook of Soil Science : 6th edition ibid 1966; 7th edition 1970; 8th edition 1973. From the 9th edition (1976) other soil scientists are also involved as employees. After Scheffer's death: 10th edition in 1979; 11th edition 1982; 12th edition 1989; 13th edition 1992; 14th edition 1998; 15th edition, revised and expanded by Hans-Peter Blume et al. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg and Berlin 2002; 16th edition revised by Hans-Peter Blume et al. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg 2010.

literature

  • KH Hartge: Honorary member Prof. Dr. Dr. hc. Paul Schachtschabel on completing the 80th year of life. In: Journal for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. Volume 147/3 (1984), pp. 273-275, doi: 10.1002 / jpln.19841470302 .
  • TH Hannover (ed.): Catalogus Professorum. The faculty of the Technical University of Hanover 1831–1856 , Hanover: Technical University of 1956, p. 207.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Joachim Fiedler : Soils and soil functions in ecosystems, landscapes and urban areas . Forum Eipos, vol. 7, Renningen-Malmsheim, expert-Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-8169-1875-1
  2. ↑ Hans-Peter Blume:  Scheffer, Johann Friedrich (Fritz) Wilhelm. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2 , p. 612 f. ( Digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Schachtschabel, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schachtschabel, Paul Otto (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soil scientist
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Gumperda
DATE OF DEATH February 4, 1998
Place of death Hanover