About Albert Richter
Lived 1909 – 2007 (aged 98). Albert Richter was a German historian, university teacher, writer and forestry scientist.
Albert Richter (6 May 1909 – 2 August 2007) was a German academic and expert in silviculture or forest management. He is notable for founding the Choriner Musiksommer music festival, developing a new planning-process for forest management for the German Democratic Republic in the 1950s, and writing several works on the history of forest management, including a biography of Heinrich Cotta. He also served as a professor and director of the Forestry College in Eberswalde. Richter was a member of the German Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
Richter was born in Lossnitz in Freiberg, Saxony in 1909 and died, aged 98, at Eberswalde in Brandenburg in 2007.
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Who was Albert Richter?
German historian (1909–2007)
When was Albert Richter born?
Albert Richter was born on 6 May 1909 in Loßnitz.
When did Albert Richter die?
Albert Richter died on 2 August 2007 in Eberswalde.
What was Albert Richter's occupation?
Albert Richter was a historian, university teacher, writer and forestry scientist.
What nationality was Albert Richter?
Albert Richter was German.
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· DBpedia: Albert Richter (forester)
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