Julius Kühn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Julius Kühn

German agronomist

Date of Birth: 23-Oct-1825

Place of Birth: Pulsnitz, Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 14-Apr-1910

Profession: university teacher, botanist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Julius Kühn

  • Julius Gotthelf Kühn (23 October 1825 – 14 April 1910) was a German academic and agronomist and he is one of the founders of Plant Pathology.
  • Kuhn's father was a land owner and he gained experience in agriculture and botany on his father's land.
  • He was trained in Bonn, starting at age 30 and was awarded his doctorate, which focused on diseases of beet and canola at Leipzig.
  • In 1862, he became a professor of agriculture at the University of Halle.
  • Kuhn published more than 70 papers on mycology and plant pathology over the course of his career. One of his seminar papers was the 1858 publication "Die Krankheiten der Kultergewachse".

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