Max Heinrich August Neumeister (15 May 1849, in Kleindrebnitz – 1 December 1929, in

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...

) was a German

forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources for human and environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. Th ...

scientist. From 1867 to 1869, he was a student at the

Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry The Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry (German language, German: ''Königliche-Sächsische Forstakademie'') in Tharandt, Saxony, near Dresden, was founded by silviculture, silviculturist Heinrich Cotta in 1811. Established in conjunction with the sch ...

Tharandt Tharandt () is a municipality in Saxony, Germany, situated on the Weißeritz, 9 miles southwest of Dresden. It has a Protestant Church and the oldest academy of forestry in Germany, founded as the Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry by Heinrich Cotta ...

, where he had as instructors,

Johann Friedrich Judeich Johann Friedrich Judeich (27 January 1828, Dresden – 28 March 1894, Tharandt) was a German forester. He studied forestry at the Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry in Tharandt and economics in Leipzig, where he was a pupil of Wilhelm Roscher. From ...

and

Max Pressler Max Robert Pressler (17 January 1815 – 30 September 1886) was a German forester noted for his inventions and writing. Biography He was born in Dresden, and studied at the school of technology there (now called the Dresden University of Tec ...

. Beginning in 1880, he worked as a teacher at the forestry academy, later serving as the school's director (1894–1904). From 1906 to 1919, he was head forester of the Dresden forestry district. From 1910 to 1920, he was chairman of the ''Sächsischen Forstvereins'' (Saxon Forestry Association), and in 1917 was named chairman of the ''Deutschen Forstvereins'' (German Forestry Association).

Selected publications

* ''Die Wildfütterung'', 1892. * ''Forstliche Cubirungstafeln'', 8th edition 1893 (initial author, Max Pressler) - treatise on forestry measurements. * ''Fütterung des edel- und rehwildes'', 1895 - Feeding the noble and

roe deer The roe deer (''Capreolus capreolus''), also known as the roe, western roe deer, or European roe, is a species of deer. The male of the species is sometimes referred to as a roebuck. The roe is a small deer, reddish and grey-brown, and well-adapt ...

. * ''Die Forsteinrichtung der Zukunft'', 1900 - Forestry management of the future. * ''Die Forsteinrichtung'', 6th edition 1904 (initial author, Johann Friedrich Judeich) - Forestry management.WorldCat Identities
(publications)

References

1849 births 1929 deaths People from Bischofswerda People from the Kingdom of Saxony German foresters Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry alumni Academic staff of the Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry {{forestry-researcher-stub