Rudolf von der Aa

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Rudolf von der Aa (born October 17, 1913 in Wiederitzsch ; † June 13, 1991 in Berlin ) was a German veterinarian .

Life

Von der Aa studied veterinary medicine and received his doctorate in 1951 at the University of Leipzig with the dissertation A contribution to the theory of adsorption in small pets . After working as an assistant in microbiology , he was appointed chief veterinarian and acting head of the veterinary department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the GDR in 1955. In 1956 he became senior assistant at the Institute for Animal Hygiene at the Humboldt University in Berlin . From 1957 he was a full professor and director of the Institute for Veterinary Hygiene at the Humboldt University in Berlin.

On August 14, 1961, on page 1 of the SED party newspaper Neues Deutschland, an article by Rudolf von der Aa appeared, in which he described the closing of the border to West Berlin the day before as "correct and necessary" .

In the 1967/1968 term of office, Rudolf von der Aa was Dean of the Veterinary Faculty of the Humboldt University in Berlin.

In 1960 he received the Honored Veterinarian Award . He was also awarded the GDR Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze (1973) and the Hufeland medal in gold. In 1981 the Veterinary Faculty of the University of Leipzig awarded him an honorary doctorate .

Works

  • A contribution to the theory of adsorption in small pets , Leipzig 1951, DNB 480882517 (Dissertation University of Leipzig, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, October 24, 1951, 48 pages).
  • Rural hygiene , 1961
  • Bacteria systematics , with David H. Bergey , 1963
  • Cattle diseases , with Ekkehard Wiesner, 1965
  • Problems of animal hygiene in large cattle herds , 1969
  • Veterinary hygiene working methods , with Heinz Bähr, 1969
  • Waste products from animal production and their importance for environmental protection , 1973

literature

  • Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar . Berlin 1966, p. 1.
  • Theophil Gerber: Personalities from agriculture and forestry, horticulture and veterinary medicine: Biographisches Lexikon. Nora, Berlin 2008, vol. 1, p. 11.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary in Berliner Zeitung , Saturday, June 22, 1991, volume 47, issue 143, page 51
  2. ^ Title entry of the dissertation , catalog of the German National Library , accessed on April 7, 2014.
  3. ↑ a b Biographical database ( memento of the original from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Veterinary Medical Library, Free University of Berlin , accessed on April 7, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / bib.vetmed.fu-berlin.de
  4. ↑ Rudolf von der Aa: Correct and necessary . In: Neues Deutschland from August 14, 1961, accessed on April 26, 2014
  5. ^ Ines Stockmann: A contribution to the history of the veterinary medicine faculty in Berlin (center) with special consideration of the university political situation from the post-war period 1945 to the 80s , dissertation, HU Berlin, 2006, p. 78, accessed on April 26, 2014
  6. ^ New Germany , October 6, 1973, p. 4
personal data
SURNAME Aa, Rudolf von der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German veterinarian
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiederitzsch
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 1991
Place of death Berlin