Reinhart Langer

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Reinhart Langer
University of Durham
Spouse
Hilary Joan Wilton
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(m. 1951)​
Children3
Scientific career
Fields
Grassland Research Institute, UK
Lincoln College
Thesis (1951)
Doctoral studentsBrian Molloy

Reinhart Hugo Michael Langer

botanist. He was an academic at Lincoln College
(now Lincoln University) for over 25 years, and served as its acting principal from 1984 to 1985.

Early life, family, and education

Born in Upper Silesia (at that time part of Germany, now in Poland) on 17 January 1921, Langer grew up in Berlin where he moved with his mother and two siblings after the death of his father, a judge, when Reinhart was aged three years.[1][2] In 1939, Langer fled to England with his sister.[1] He worked as a veterinary assistant in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, for a year, before spending the remainder of World War II working on a mixed cropping dairy farm.[1]

Langer won a scholarship to the

biometrician, and they wed in September 1951.[1] The couple went on to have three children.[1]

Academic career

In late 1958, Langer was appointed to the faculty of Lincoln College, near

subterranean clover, and lucerne.[3] He also conducted research into wheat, and served as a member and chair of the national Wheat Research Committee.[3]

Langer was the foundation professor in plant science at Lincoln, and authored more than 60 books and scientific papers.

University Grants Committee, and was appointed Lincoln's public orator in 1978.[3]

When he retired from Lincoln in March 1985, Langer was conferred the title of

professor emeritus.[4]

Later life and death

Following his retirement, Langer acted as a consultant for the establishment of forestry and agricultural polytechnic institutes in Indonesia.[1] He died in Christchurch on 3 August 2018.[3]

Honours and awards

In 1972, Langer was elected a

Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1985 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to agricultural education.[7] In 2005, Langer was conferred an honorary DSc by Lincoln University.[8] He was also a fellow of both the New Zealand Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Science, and the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science.[3][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Guildford, Jonathan (25 August 2018). "Internationally renowned botanist Reinhart Langer a 'legend' in his field". The Press. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Death search: registration number 2018/21721". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Loss of noted Lincoln University scientist and teacher". Lincoln University. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "Lincoln farewells Professor Langer". College Magazine. Lincoln College: 3–4. 1985. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  5. ^ a b "List of all Fellows with surnames J–L". Royal Society of New Zealand. 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Leonard Cockayne Lecture Award recipients". Royal Society of New Zealand. 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  7. ^ "No. 50155". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 15 June 1985. p. 2.
  8. ^ "Former honorary doctorate recipients". Lincoln University. 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
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