Frederick Hilgendorf
New Zealand teacher, lecturer, agricultural scientist
About Frederick Hilgendorf
Lived 1874 – 1942 (aged 68). Frederick Hilgendorf was a New Zealand academic, university teacher, agronomist and botanist.
Frederick William Hilgendorf (23 January 1874 – 24 September 1942) was a New Zealand teacher, lecturer and agricultural scientist at Canterbury Agricultural College (now Lincoln University). He was born in Waihola, New Zealand, on 23 January 1874.
Hilgendorf was appointed as a professor of the University of New Zealand in 1930. He joined the university's academic board in 1933.
In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal. The Hilgendorf Wing at Lincoln University was named after him.
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Who was Frederick Hilgendorf?
New Zealand teacher, lecturer, agricultural scientist (1874–1942)
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Frederick Hilgendorf was born on 23 January 1874 in Waihola.
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Frederick Hilgendorf died on 24 September 1942 in Wellington.
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Frederick Hilgendorf was an academic, university teacher, agronomist and botanist.
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Frederick Hilgendorf was New Zealand.
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