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

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– 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 and woodlands for associated resources for human and Natural environment, environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and ...

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and

mycologist Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their taxonomy, genetics, biochemical properties, and use by humans. Fungi can be a source of tinder, food, traditional medicine, as well as entheogens, poison, and ...

. He has been called the father of forest pathology.

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 and abiotic maladies affecting the health of a forest ecosystem, primarily fungal pathogens and their insect vectors. It is a subfield of forestry and plant pathology. Forest pathology is part ...

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 (1805–1880) and grandson of Georg Ludwig Hartig (1764–1837).

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

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