Netanel Hochberg ( he, נתנאל הוכברג; born 20 December 1897 - died 27 January 1983) was an Israeli
agronomist and expert in the growing of
grapevine.
Biography
Hochberg was born in
Ness Ziona,
Ottoman-ruled Palestine
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(present day
Israel
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) in 1897. He studied agriculture at the
Mikveh Israel
Mikveh Israel ( he, מִקְוֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל, 'Hope of Israel') is a youth village and boarding school in the Tel Aviv District of central Israel, established in 1870. It was the first Jewish agricultural school in what is now Israel ...
agricultural school, to the south of
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
, and then at
Utrecht University
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. After completing his studies abroad, he returned to Palestine and became a teacher at Mikveh Israel.
Hochberg was married to Hannah Rozanski. Their eldest son Dan was killed in the
1948 Arab-Israeli War
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at age 17, and their youngest son Natan was one of the founders of the Mikveh Israel Winery. Hannah died in 1955.
Hochberg created a number of new varieties of vine, the first of which he called "''Dan ben Hannah''" (Dan son of Hannah), named after his son Dan and wife Hannah.
Awards
* In 1955, Hochberg was awarded the
Israel Prize
The Israel Prize ( he, פרס ישראל; ''pras israél'') is an award bestowed by the State of Israel, and regarded as the state's highest cultural honor.
History
The Israel Prize is awarded annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state cer ...
, for
agriculture
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.
See also
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List of Israel Prize recipients
This is a complete list of recipients of the Israel Prize from the inception of the Prize in 1953 through to 2022.
List
For each year, the recipients are, in most instances, listed in the order in which they appear on the official Israel Prize ...
*
Hochberg
References
Utrecht University alumni
Israel Prize in agriculture recipients
Jewish scientists
Israeli agronomists
Israeli Jews
1983 deaths
Jews in Mandatory Palestine
Jews in Ottoman Palestine
1897 births
20th-century agronomists
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