page_title: Hermann von Nathusius
hierarchical_section_title: Hermann von Nathusius
caption_attribution_description: Hermann von Nathusius
context_page_description: Hermann Engelhard von Nathusius was a German animal breeder.
  Born in Magdeburg to industrialist Johann Gottlob Nathusius, Hermann von Nathusius studied the natural sciences. He took over Schloss Hundisburg from his father and turned it to agriculture, particularly cattle breeding. He introduced cattle breeds from England to Germany, and worked to promote the study of cattle breeding. He collected a large amount of information on his herds, whose breeding he personally oversaw, and amassed a collection of domesticated animal skeletons; his writings became an important reference for the scientific treatment of animal breeding. He was opposed to his contemporary Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, but data from his careful study of breeds was nonetheless used as support for that theory.
  He was a member of the Prussian Landesökonomiekollegium, director of the province of Saxony's Landwirtschaftlicher Zentralverein, and president of the Deutsche Ackerbaugesellschaft, among other positions.
  From the German Society for Züchtungskunde e. V. was the Hermann-von-Nathusius-Medaille donated in his honor in 1928.
context_section_description: Hermann Engelhard von Nathusius (9 December 1809 – 29 June 1879) was a German animal breeder.
  Born in Magdeburg to industrialist Johann Gottlob Nathusius, Hermann von Nathusius studied the natural sciences. He took over Schloss Hundisburg from his father and turned it to agriculture, particularly cattle breeding. He introduced cattle breeds from England to Germany, and worked to promote the study of cattle breeding. He collected a large amount of information on his herds, whose breeding he personally oversaw, and amassed a collection of domesticated animal skeletons; his writings became an important reference for the scientific treatment of animal breeding. He was opposed to his contemporary Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, but data from his careful study of breeds was nonetheless used as support for that theory.
  He was a member of the Prussian Landesökonomiekollegium (Land Economic Council), director of the province of Saxony's Landwirtschaftlicher Zentralverein (Central Agricultural Council), and president of the Deutsche Ackerbaugesellschaft (German Agricultural Society), among other positions.
  From the German Society for Züchtungskunde e. V. (DGfZ) was the Hermann-von-Nathusius-Medaille donated in his honor in 1928.
caption: Hermann von Nathusius, c. 1860
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