Background
Hartge, Karl Heinrich was born on March 18, 1926 in Tartu, Estonia. Germany. Son of Oswald Robert and Elisabeth Marie Hartge.
Hartge, Karl Heinrich was born on March 18, 1926 in Tartu, Estonia. Germany. Son of Oswald Robert and Elisabeth Marie Hartge.
Diploma in Hortonom, University Hannover, Germany, 1956. Doctorate, University Hannover, Germany, 1958. Venia legendi, University Hannover, Germany, 1963.
Professor Institute Soil Science University Hannover, 1964—1991, dean horticultural faculty Institute Soil Science, 1974—1975, professor emeritus Institute Soil Science, since 1991. Visiting professor University Austral, Valdivia, Chile, 1976, Agriculture University, Vienna, 1992—1993. Expert reviewer German Research Foundation, Bonn, Germany, 1970—1978, Bonn, 1992—2000.
Curator German Federal Agriculture Research Station, Brunswick, Germany, 1982—1988. Initiations director Agriculture Research Organization, Muencheberg, Germany, 1992. Consultant Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, 1972.
Member of Austrian Soil Science Society, European Society Soil Conservation, German Society Soil Science (honorary), International Union Soil Science (honorary), Polish Society Soil Science (honorary), Baltic Sailing Club (commodore 1987-1995).
Married Uta Gertrud Thorwest, December 19, 1958. Children: Ulrike, Alexander, Caroline.