Background
BOERGER, Alberto was born on November 4, 1881 in Foerde, Westphalia, Germany.
BOERGER, Alberto was born on November 4, 1881 in Foerde, Westphalia, Germany.
Educated Universities of Hannover, Bonn, Giessen. Agonomist, 1909, dr. in philosophy and sciences, 1911.
Director of nurseries and hotbeds, Mahndorf, Saxony, 1909-1910. Technical assistant, in agriculture, University of Bonn, 1910. On government commission to study in Denmark, Sweden, and other European countries, 1910.
Engaged by Uruguayan government to install a service of plant genetics in that country, 1912. Worked first in Toledo (1912), then in the agricultural station of Cerro Largo (1913). Director, Institute Fitotécnico y Semillero Nacional La Estanzuela, since 1914.
Member scientific council, International Institute of Agriculture, Rome, 1927. Member: Asociación de Ingenieros Agrónomos del Uruguay, Society de Biología, Society de Microbiología, Academy Leopoldina de Naturalistas. Member, school of agriculture, University de Montevideo.