Robert Hartig (born: Heinrich Julius Adolph Robert Hartig, 30 May 1839, in

Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( , from Low German ''Brunswiek'' , Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'') is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the Nor ...

– died 9 October 1901, in

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) 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 ...

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and

mycologist Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungus, fungi, including their genetics, genetic and biochemistry, biochemical properties, their Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and ethnomycology, their use to humans, including as a so ...

Biography

He was educated at the Collegium Carolinum of Braunschweig, and at Berlin. In 1878 he was appointed professor of botany at

. Hartig made significant contributions to knowledge of vegetable pathology. Prior to his investigations on the progressive stages of disease in trees, little or nothing had been done in this area, so that Hartig may be considered the founder of arboreal pathology. Hartig worked in

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(1867–1878) and

(1878–1901), mainly in

forest pathology Forest pathology is the research of both Biotic stress, biotic and Abiotic stress, abiotic maladies affecting the health of a forest ecosystem, primarily Fungal infection in plants, fungal pathogens and their insect vectors. It is a subfield of ...

Works

* ''Vergleichende Untersuchungen über den Wachsthumsgang und Ertrag der Rothbuche und Eiche im Spessart, der Rothbuche im östlichen Wesergebirge, der Kiefer in Pommern und der Weißtanne im Schwarzwalde'', Stuttgart 1865. * ''Die Rentabilität der Fichtennutzholz- und Buchenbrennholzwirthschaft im Harze und im Wesergebirge''. Stuttgart 1868. * ''Wichtige Krankheiten der Waldbäume. Beiträge zur Mycologie und Phytopathologie für Botaniker und Forstmänner'', Berlin 1874. * ''Die durch Pilze erzeugten Krankheiten der Waldbäume. Für den deutschen Förster''. Zweite Auflage. Breslau: Morgenstern, 1875. * ''Die Zersetzungserscheinungen des Holzes der Nadelholzbäume und der Eiche in forstlicher botanischer und chemischer Richtung'', Berlin 1878. (Initiated the modern era of understanding of wood decay.) * ''Lehrbuch der Baumkrankheiten'', Berlin 1882. :* ''Lehrbuch der Baumkrankheiten'', 2., verb. und vermehrte Auflage, Berlin 1889. :* 2nd ed. translated into English by William Somerville and H. Marshall Ward as ''Diseases of Trees'', London 1894 :* ''Lehrbuch der Pflanzenkrankheiten. Für Botaniker, Forstleute, Landwirthe und Gärtner'', 3., völlig neu bearbeitete Auflage des Lehrbuches der Baumkrankheiten, Berlin 1900. * ''Das Holz der deutschen Nadelwaldbäume'', Berlin 1885. * ''Der ächte Hausschwamm (Merulius lacrymans Fr.)'', (Die Zerstörungen des Bauholzes durch Pilze I), Berlin 1885. :* 2nd ed.: ''Der echte Hausschwamm und andere das Bauholz zerstörende Pilze'', 2. Aufl., bearbeitet und herausgegeben von Dr. C. Freiherr von Tubeuf, Berlin 1902. * (with Rudolf Weber) ''Das Holz der Rothbuche in anatomisch-physiologischer, chemischer und forstlicher Richtung'', Berlin 1888. * ''Lehrbuch der Anatomie und Physiologie der Pflanzen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Forstgewächse'', Berlin 1891. * ''Die anatomischen Unterscheidungsmerkmale der wichtigeren in Deutschland wachsenden Hölzer'', 4. Auflage, München 1898.

Family

He was the son of

Theodor Hartig Theodor Hartig (21 February 1805 – 26 March 1880) was a German forestry biologist and botanist. Biography Hartig was born in Dillenburg. He was educated in Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin (1824–1827), and was successively lecturer and pr ...

(1805–1880) and grandson of

Georg Ludwig Hartig Georg Ludwig Hartig (September 2, 1764 – February 2, 1837) was a German forester. Education Hartig was born at Gladenbach, in present-day Hesse. After obtaining a practical knowledge of forestry from his uncle at Harzburg, he studied from 1 ...

(1764–1837).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hartig, Robert German mycologists 1839 births 1901 deaths Scientists from Braunschweig People from the Duchy of Brunswick German foresters Technical University of Braunschweig alumni Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development faculty

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