Friedrich Gottlieb Stebler (11 August 1852 in Safnern – 7 April 1935) was a Swiss agriculturalist and ethnographer.
Friedrich Gottlieb Stebler | |
|---|---|
 Friedrich Gottlieb Stebler (1852-1935) | |
| Born | 11 August 1852 |
| Died | 7 April 1935 |
| Occupation(s) | Agriculturalist and ethnographer |
History edit
Following classes at the agricultural school in Rütti, he studied agriculture at the Universities of Halle and Leipzig. In 1875, he founded a private Samen-Kontrollstation (seed control station) in Mattenhof bei Bern.
In 1876 he gained his venia legendi at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zurich), where he taught classes in agricultural-related subjects until 1901. As an agriculturalist he published works on forage crops, alpine agriculture and pastoralism. From 1889 to 1916 he was editor of the Schweizerischen Landwirtschaftlichen Zeitung.[1]
As his career progressed, he developed an interest in ethnography, making frequent visits to Valais in order to study the lives and customs of its population.[2]
Selected writings edit
- Die bestern Futterpflanzen : Abbildungen und Beschreibungen derselben nebst ausführlicher Angaben betreffend deren Kultur, ökonom. Werth, Samen-Gewinnung, -Verunreinigungen, -Verfälschung, 1883 (with Carl Joseph Schröter); translated into English in 1889 - The best forage plants, etc.[3]
- Les Mélanges de graines fourragères pour obtenir les plus forts rendements de bonne qualité : étude scientifique et pratique, 1888 (Translated from the German by C. Denaiffe) - Forage seed blends to obtain higher yields, etc.[4][5]
References edit
- ^ Historischen Lexikon der Schweiz (biography)
- ^ Friedrich Gottlieb Stebler - Ethnographiques.org no 18, juin 2009 (Includes list of Stebler's published works in the field of ethnography)
- ^ Stebler, Dr. F. G.; Schröter, Dr. C. (1889), The best forage plants fully described and figured: with a complete account of their cultivation, economic value, impurities and adulterants, &c, translated by McAlpine, A. N., London: David Nutt, OCLC 930512573, Wikidata Q117270361
- ^ WorldCat Titles (publications)
- ^ IDREF>fr (bibliography)
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Stebler.