Hermann von Nathusius (1809-1879)


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Name (English): Hermann von Nathusius
Short name: Hermann von Nathusius
Year of birth: 1809
Year of death: 1879
Short Description: "Hermann Engelhard von Nathusius (9 December 1809 – 29 June 1879) was a German animal breeder.

Born in Magdeburg to industrialist Johann Gottlob Nathusius, Hermann von Nathusius studied the natural sciences. He took over Schloss Hundisburg [Wikidata] from his father and turned it to agriculture, particularly cattle breeding. He introduced cattle breeds from England to Germany, and worked to promote the study of cattle breeding. He collected a large amount of information on his herds, whose breeding he personally oversaw, and amassed a collection of domesticated animal skeletons; his writings became an important reference for the scientific treatment of animal breeding. He was opposed to his contemporary Charles Darwin´s theory of evolution, but data from his careful study of breeds was nonetheless used as support for that theory." - (en.wikipedia.org 30.01.2020)
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[Last update: 2020/10/12]