Wilhelm Knop
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Wilhelm Knop | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 July 1817 |
| Died | 28 January 1891 (aged 73) |
| Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
| Known for | Knop's solution Hoagland and Knop medium |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Plant Physiology Fertilizer Science |
| Institutions | University of Göttingen University of Heidelberg University of Leipzig |
Johann August Ludwig Wilhelm Knop (28 July 1817 – 28 January 1891) was a German agrochemist and, together with Julius von Sachs, co-founder of modern water culture due to his pioneering experiments with the cultivation of crops in nutrient solutions.[1]
Wilhelm Knop was born in Altenau as the son of the forester Ludewig Ernst Knop and his wife Philippine Amalie Haeberle. The mineralogist and scholar Adolf Knop was one of his brothers. He studied natural sciences at the Universities of Göttingen and Heidelberg and taught mechanics and natural sciences at the commercial college in Leipzig from 1847 to 1856. In 1853, he habilitated with a thesis on the physiology of aquatic plants at the University of Leipzig, where he worked as a professor from 1861 and as a full honorary professor of agricultural chemistry from 1880. From 1856 to 1866, he was also head of the scientific department of the Möckern Agricultural Experiment Station near Leipzig. In 1864, he was accepted as a full member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
