Hans Conrad Schellenberg

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Hans Conrad Schellenberg
University of Berlin (1893–95)
SpouseAlice Rosa Bär
Scientific career
Fieldsbotany, agronomy
Author abbrev. (botany)Schellenb.

Hans Conrad Schellenberg (28 April 1872 – 27 October 1923) was a Swiss

agronomist
.

Schellenberg was born in

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

  • 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 –
    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

References

  1. ^ a b Biographisches Handbuch zur Geschichte des Pflanzenbaus by Wolfgang Böhm
  2. ^ Hans Conrad Schellenberg Archived 2016-08-11 at the Wayback Machine Zürcher Herbarien
  3. ^ Schellenberg, Hans Konrad in Historischen Lexikon der Schweiz
  4. ^ OCLC WorldCat published works
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Schellenb.