Background
Hans Wilhelm was born on June 5, 1923 in Münster, Germany. Son of Wilhelm and Maria (Graewe) Scharpenseel.
Hans Wilhelm was born on June 5, 1923 in Münster, Germany. Son of Wilhelm and Maria (Graewe) Scharpenseel.
Diplomate in agricultural engineering, Bonn (Germany) University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Chemistry, Bonn (Germany) University, 1951. Habilitation in Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Bonn (Germany) University, 1961.
Science, head of laboratories, Bonn Animal Nutritian Institute, 1951-1953;
professor agricultural chemistry and soil science, later department head, Araneta U., Manila, The Philippines, 1954-1957;
research associate, radiocarbon laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1957-1958;
assistant to associate professor, Soil Science Institute, U. Bonn, 1958-1975;
professor, chair soil science, Hamburg (Germany) U., 1975-1986;
professor emeritus, Hamburg (Germany) U., since 1986. Extended International Atomic Energy Agency and EAO project work and work on paeleopedology projects in tropical and subtropical countries, 1958-1975. Member board of trustees International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, The Phillipines, 1978-1983.
Member board management Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Program, Nairobi, Kenya, 1986-1994. Vice president International Soil Science Society, 1982-1986, chairman international programs with co-organization several symposia and workshops on the effects of climate change on soils.
Married Lore Josephine Kaufmann, March 1950. 1 child, Hans-Wilhelm.