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Hans Conrad Schellenberg

1872 – 1923

Swiss botanist and university teacher

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Lived 1872 – 1923 (aged 51). Hans Conrad Schellenberg was a Swiss university teacher, mycologist, botanist and agronomist.

Hans Conrad Schellenberg (28 April 1872 – 27 October 1923) was a Swiss botanist and agronomist.

Schellenberg was born in Hottingen. He studied at the Eidgenössisches Polytechnikum Zürich (1890–93) and the University of Berlin (1893–95), where he was a student of botanist Simon Schwendener. Afterwards he worked as an assistant at the seed control station in Zürich (1895–97) and as a teacher at the Agricultural School-Strickhof in Oberstrass (1897–1902). He obtained his habilitation for botany at the Polytechnic in Zürich, where from 1908 to 1923, he served as a professor of agronomy.

His primary focus was in the areas of plant pathology and agricultural botany, being credited with furthering the development of grain farming in Switzerland. He was the author of significant works on fungal plant diseases.

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ETH Zurich, Eidgenössisches Polytechnikum Zürich, University of Berlin
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ETH Zurich

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Who was Hans Conrad Schellenberg?

Swiss botanist and university teacher (1872-1923)

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Hans Conrad Schellenberg was born on 28 April 1872 in Hottingen.

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Hans Conrad Schellenberg died on 27 October 1923 in Zurich.

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Hans Conrad Schellenberg was a university teacher, mycologist, botanist and agronomist.

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Hans Conrad Schellenberg was Swiss.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Hans Conrad Schellenberg

· Wikidata: Q1579059

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