Paul Neergaard
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Pierre Paul Ferdinand Mourier de Neergaard (Nyborg
, February 19, 1907 - Copenhagen
, November 13, 1987) was a Danish
agronomist
and esperantist
.
Paul Neergaard is considered the father of seed pathology and, along with Mary Noble coined the term in the 1940s.
Neergaard served as Director of the Danish Government Institute of Seed Pathology for Developing Countries in Copenhagen. From 1956 to 1974 he served as the Chairman of the Plant Disease Committee of the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA). During his tenure as Chair of ISTA, he helped standardize methods for the detection of seed borne fungi.
Neergaard authored a two-volume text entitled "Seed Pathology" (1977), that focused on a wide variety of seed pathology issues, ranging from the economic significance of seedborne diseases to the assessment of seed borne inoculum. It has served as a reference and teaching standard for the science of seed pathology throughout the world.
Neergard was a professor in Universities in Beirut
(Lebanon
) and Mysore and was a member of several national Academies and international societies.
Paul Neergard was an active promoter of the international language Esperanto
. He was a member of the Academy of Esperanto, and published several books in that language, about science and linguistics
.
Nyborg
Nyborg is a city in central Denmark, located in Nyborg Municipality on the island of Funen and with a population of 16,492 . Nyborg is one of the 14 large municipalities created on 1 January 2007...
, February 19, 1907 - Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, November 13, 1987) was a Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
agronomist
Agronomist
An agronomist is a scientist who specializes in agronomy, which is the science of utilizing plants for food, fuel, feed, and fiber. An agronomist is an expert in agricultural and allied sciences, with the exception veterinary sciences.Agronomists deal with interactions between plants, soils, and...
and esperantist
Esperantist
An Esperantist is a person who speaks or uses Esperanto. Etymologically, an Esperantist is someone who hopes...
.
Paul Neergaard is considered the father of seed pathology and, along with Mary Noble coined the term in the 1940s.
Neergaard served as Director of the Danish Government Institute of Seed Pathology for Developing Countries in Copenhagen. From 1956 to 1974 he served as the Chairman of the Plant Disease Committee of the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA). During his tenure as Chair of ISTA, he helped standardize methods for the detection of seed borne fungi.
Neergaard authored a two-volume text entitled "Seed Pathology" (1977), that focused on a wide variety of seed pathology issues, ranging from the economic significance of seedborne diseases to the assessment of seed borne inoculum. It has served as a reference and teaching standard for the science of seed pathology throughout the world.
Neergard was a professor in Universities in Beirut
Beirut
Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...
(Lebanon
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
) and Mysore and was a member of several national Academies and international societies.
Paul Neergard was an active promoter of the international language Esperanto
Esperanto
is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto , the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto, the Unua Libro, in 1887...
. He was a member of the Academy of Esperanto, and published several books in that language, about science and linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
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Books
- Seed Pathology, two volumes
- 1.-15. Årsberetning fra J. E. Ohlsens Enkes plantepatologiske laboratorium.
In Esperanto
- Atakoj kontraŭ ĝardenplantoj
- La Vivo de Plantoj (The life of plants)
- Terminaro Hortikultura (in six languages)
- Eta Krestomatio
- Tra Densa Mallumo
- Fremdvortoj en Esperanto
- Scienco kaj Pseŭdoscienco pri Heredo kaj Raso http://www.nodo50.org/esperanto/Libroservo/Heredokajraso.htm
- La Esperantologio kaj ties Disciplinoj. Taskoj kaj Rezultoj