Albrecht Daniel Thaer was a renowned German

Germany

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 agronomist

Agronomist

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 and an avid supporter of the humus theory for plant nutrition

Nutrition

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.

Thaer was born in Celle

Celle

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 and died in Wriezen

Wriezen

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. His often quoted book of four volumes (Grundsätze der rationellen Landwirthschaft - Principles of rational agriculture, 1809–1812) was translated into English

English language

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 as late as 1844 (Russell, 1952), showing that the humus theory even in the Modern Period (1800–1860) still received acceptance.

The Albrecht-Thaer-Schule in Celle was founded by Thaer in 1786.

There are memorials to Thaer in Leipzig

Leipzig

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, Berlin

Berlin

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 (Schinkelplatz), Celle

Celle

Celle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...

, Halle

Halle, Saxony-Anhalt

Halle is the largest city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish it from the town of Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia...

, Möglin

Reichenow-Möglin

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, and Kadaň

Kadan

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 (in front of the agriculture school).

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• Theodor Fontane
  Theodor Fontane
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  , famous German poet and author writes about Albrecht Daniel Thaer, published at Spiegel-Wissen, a project by German news-weekly Der Spiegel
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  , available in German language only
• Ansgar Vielberg for Echocron, an economy science-site in German language only: Albrecht Daniel Thaer
• The Thaer Association in Möglin (Germany), German language site only: Fördergesellschaft Albrecht Daniel Thaer
• The Thaer Association in Celle (Germany), German language site only: Albrecht-Thaer-Gesellschaft