Hans Conrad Schellenberg (28 April 1872 – 27 October 1923) was a Swiss botanist and agronomist.
Hans Conrad Schellenberg | |
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 Schellenberg c. 1921 | |
| Born | 28 April 1872 Hottingen, Switzerland |
| Died | 27 October 1923 (aged 51) Zurich, Switzerland |
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| Spouse | Alice Rosa Bär |
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| Fields | botany, agronomy |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Schellenb. |
Schellenberg was born in Hottingen. He studied at the Eidgenössisches Polytechnikum Zürich (1890–93) and the University of Berlin (1893–95), where he was a student of botanist Simon Schwendener. Afterwards he worked as an assistant at the seed control station in Zürich (1895–97) and as a teacher at the Agricultural School-Strickhof in Oberstrass (1897–1902). He obtained his habilitation for botany at the Polytechnic in Zürich, where from 1908 to 1923, he served as a professor of agronomy.[1][2]
His primary focus was in the areas of plant pathology and agricultural botany, being credited with furthering the development of grain farming in Switzerland.[3] He was the author of significant works on fungal plant diseases.[1] He died in Zürich, aged 51.
Selected works
edit- Beiträge zur Kenntnis der verholzten Zellmembran, 1895 (dissertation thesis).
- Graubündens Getreidevarietäten : mit besonderer Rücksicht auf ihre horizontale Verbreitung, 1900 – Graubünden cereal varieties.
- Der Blasenrost der Arve, 1904 – Blister rust and the Swiss pine.
- Untersuchungen über den Einfluss der Salze auf die Wachstumsrichtung der Wurzeln, zunächst. an der Erbsenwurzel, 1906 – Studies on the influence of salts on growth direction of roots, etc.
- Die Brandpilze der Schweiz 1911 – Smut fungi of Switzerland.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Biographisches Handbuch zur Geschichte des Pflanzenbaus by Wolfgang Böhm
- ^ Hans Conrad Schellenberg Archived 2016-08-11 at the Wayback Machine Zürcher Herbarien
- ^ Schellenberg, Hans Konrad in Historischen Lexikon der Schweiz
- ^ OCLC WorldCat published works
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Schellenb.