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Hermann Engelhard von Nathusius

1809–79

German livestock breeder. Studied zoology at the University of Berlin, 1828–30. Turned to agriculture, specialising in cattle and horse breeding, from 1830. Director, state economic board of Saxony, and advisor to the ministry of agriculture, 1869. Chairman, agricultural institute, Berlin, and lecturer in animal husbandry from 1870.

Sources

DBE

NDB.

Bibliography

DBE: Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie. Edited by Walter Killy et al. 12 vols. in 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000.

NDB: Neue deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 27 vols. (A–Wettiner) to date. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. 1953–.

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