Heinrich Christian Burckhardt
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Adelebsen
Adelebsen is a municipality in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany.It consists of the localities Adelebsen, Barterode, Eberhausen, Erbsen, Güntersen, Lödingsen and Wibbecke....
- 14 December 1879 , Hannover) was a German
Germany
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forester
Forestry
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and entomologist.
In 1853 Burckhardt became the first civil director of forest administration in the Kingdom of Hanover
Kingdom of Hanover
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(after 1868 a province of Prussia
Prussia
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.He wrote Säen und Pflanzen nach forstlicher Praxis: ein Beitrag zur Holzerziehung (Sowing and planting in forestry practice: a contribution to forest education) published in Hannover by Rümpler in 1855.This work contains sections on pest insects.