Theo Bischoff

Theo Bischoff (born November 7, 1926 in Radolfzell , † November 17, 1997 in Stuttgart ) was a German agricultural scientist, particularly in agricultural engineering, he was professor of process engineering in animal production and agricultural construction at the University of Hohenheim .

Live and act

After graduating in 1946 and doing an agricultural apprenticeship, Bischoff studied agricultural sciences at what was then the Hohenheim Agricultural University (LHH) and graduated in 1951 with a degree in agriculture. With a research assignment from the Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forests Bonn, he worked on a dissertation with which he received his doctorate in 1953. agr. the LHH received. As a research assistant at the Institute for Agricultural Economics in Hohenheim and as a research assistant at Daimler Benz AG, he created the prerequisites for his habilitation in the subject of Agricultural Economics in Hohenheim (1962). Bischoff was then a private lecturer and head of the experimental farms of the institute and the agricultural school in Hohenheim . In 1968 he was appointed full professor and holder of the chair of process engineering in animal production and agricultural construction, which he held until his retirement in 1992.

Main research areas

The main areas of research were: grain and stalk forage preservation; Treatment of animal excrement; Ergonomics; Further development of husbandry procedures; Farm planning; Agricultural process engineering; Process engineering in animal production.

Publications (selection)

• Biographical literature Festschrift on the occasion of the retirement of Professor Theo Bischoff. Institute for Agricultural Engineering and State Institute for Agricultural Machinery and Construction University of Hohenheim. Process engineering in animal production and agricultural construction. Stuttgart 1992
• An extensive list of literature is available in the personnel file in the archive of the university

literature

• Ulrich Fellmeth : The academic teachers at the University of Hohenheim Stuttgart 2008 (Hohenheim themes, special volume, 15th / 16th year) Theo Bischoff pages 50,51.
• Manfred Raupp: Problems of the agricultural market in Germany ; The farmer, communications from the Hohenheim Agricultural School 1971