Richard Hindorf
Richard Hindorf (born November 17, 1863 in Ruhrort near Duisburg ; † May 13, 1954 in Berlin-Dahlem ) was a German tropical planter and agricultural scientist .
Hindorf studied agriculture and statistics in Halle and Berlin and received his doctorate in Halle in 1886 with the dissertation on the influence of magnesium chloride and calcium chloride on the germination and first development of some important cultivated plants . He worked in various tropical and subtropical countries, such as New Guinea , Australia , Java , Sumatra , Sri Lanka , Egypt and German East Africa . From 1893 to 1894 he stayed in Namibia and South Africa , where he pioneered the cultivation of sisal plantations . He also introduced cultivation in German East Africa through the Amani Research Institute for Colonial Botany .
Hindorf was one of the founders of the Colonial Economic Committee and the German Colonial School in Witzenhausen . He was the author of several specialist books.
Honors
- 1953: Cross of Merit (Steckkreuz) of the Federal Republic of Germany
Fonts (selection)
- Guide to learning the vernacular of Malay. 4th edition Berlin 1913.
- The agricultural value and the ability to colonize German South West Africa . Berlin 1895, 3rd edition, ibid. 1925.
- Heinrich Semler: The tropical agriculture. A manual for planters and merchants . Wismar 1886-1893. Revised and edited by Richard Hindorf. Vol. 1-3, Wismar 1897, 1900 u. 1903.
- Sisal construction in German East Africa . Berlin 1925.
literature
- Dr. Richard Hindorf. The first coffee planter and sisal farmer in German East Africa . In: Deutsche Kolonialzeitung . Vol. 45, 1933, p. 253 (with picture).
- PC Ettighoffer : Sisal, the blonde gold of Africa. The act of Dr. Hindorf . Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1943
- Hans-Henning Zabel: Hindorf, Richard. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 182 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Keyword: Hindorf. In: Heinrich Schnee (Ed.): German Colonial Lexicon. Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig 1920, Volume II, p. 67 ( online ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Richard Hindorf in the catalog of the German National Library
- Newspaper article about Richard Hindorf in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hindorf, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German agricultural scientist and researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ruhrort |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 1954 |
| Place of death | Berlin-Dahlem |