Shmuel Stoller
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Shmuel Stoller was an Israeli agronomist
and an early member of the Zionist movement
.
, Russian Empire
. In 1915, he graduated from high school and began to study history and linguistics at Moscow State University
. In February 1917, he was drafted into the ranks of the army of the Russian Empire, but he defected after the October Revolution
and moved with his family to the Crimea
.
Stoller studied at Simferopol
Studies Agriculture and Natural Sciences. In 1920, he married to Yonah. Yonah and Shmuel Stoller immigrated
to Mandate Palestine shortly thereafter and joined the Gdud HaAvoda
(The Work Battalion) as part of a group headed by Yitzhak Sadeh
. Stoller became involved in agriculture and agricultural research, and in 1938 he headed a group concentrating on the Jordan Valley, and was responsible for developing methods of irrigation, irrigated agriculture and plantations. In particular, Stoller was responsible for the importation and development of conditions suitable for new strains of bananas, dates and vines.
Stoller also devoted himself to education, and in 1946 he was founder and director of the Bet Yerah Agricultural School.
Agronomy
Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants for food, fuel, feed, fiber, and reclamation. Agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and soil science. Agronomy is the application of a combination of sciences like biology,...
and an early member of the Zionist movement
Zionism
Zionism is a Jewish political movement that, in its broadest sense, has supported the self-determination of the Jewish people in a sovereign Jewish national homeland. Since the establishment of the State of Israel, the Zionist movement continues primarily to advocate on behalf of the Jewish state...
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Biography
Stoller was born in 1898 in MoscowMoscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
. In 1915, he graduated from high school and began to study history and linguistics at Moscow State University
Moscow State University
Lomonosov Moscow State University , previously known as Lomonosov University or MSU , is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be one of the oldest university in Russia and to have the tallest educational building in the world. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy...
. In February 1917, he was drafted into the ranks of the army of the Russian Empire, but he defected after the October Revolution
October Revolution
The October Revolution , also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution , Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917...
and moved with his family to the Crimea
Crimea
Crimea , or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name...
.
Stoller studied at Simferopol
Simferopol
-Russian Empire and Civil War:The city was renamed Simferopol in 1784 after the annexation of the Crimean Khanate to the Russian Empire by Catherine II of Russia. The name Simferopol is derived from the Greek, Συμφερόπολις , translated as "the city of usefulness." In 1802, Simferopol became the...
Studies Agriculture and Natural Sciences. In 1920, he married to Yonah. Yonah and Shmuel Stoller immigrated
Aliyah
Aliyah is the immigration of Jews to the Land of Israel . It is a basic tenet of Zionist ideology. The opposite action, emigration from Israel, is referred to as yerida . The return to the Holy Land has been a Jewish aspiration since the Babylonian exile...
to Mandate Palestine shortly thereafter and joined the Gdud HaAvoda
Gdud HaAvoda
G'dud HaʿAvodah VeHaHaganah ʿAl-Shem Yosef Trumpeldor , commonly known as Gdud HaAvoda, was a socialist Zionist work group in Mandate Palestine.The group was established on 8 August 1920, with the three focuses of work, settlement and defence...
(The Work Battalion) as part of a group headed by Yitzhak Sadeh
Yitzhak Sadeh
Yitzhak Sadeh , was the commander of the Palmach, one of the founders of the Israel Defense Forces at the time of the establishment of the State of Israel and a cousin of British philosopher Isaiah Berlin.-Biography:...
. Stoller became involved in agriculture and agricultural research, and in 1938 he headed a group concentrating on the Jordan Valley, and was responsible for developing methods of irrigation, irrigated agriculture and plantations. In particular, Stoller was responsible for the importation and development of conditions suitable for new strains of bananas, dates and vines.
Stoller also devoted himself to education, and in 1946 he was founder and director of the Bet Yerah Agricultural School.
Family
Shmuel and Jonah Stoller had a large family - they had three sons: Noach, Uri and Menachem; and five daughters: Netta, Sarah, Dinah, Batya and Alik, and twenty-four grandchildren. Both are buried in the Kinneret Cemetery .See also
- List of Israel Prize recipients