Johann Friedrich Mayer (agriculturist)

Johann Friedrich Mayer (1719–1798)

Johann Friedrich Georg Hartmann Mayer (September 21, 1719 – March 17, 1798[1]) was a German Reformed pastor and agricultural reformer,[2] who is considered one of the most important writers on agriculture of his time. He came to prominence through his efforts to promote agricultural reforms, especially with his 1769 publication with new regimes of crop rotation,[3] and his 1773 textbook on rural householders and husbandry.[4]

  1. ^ Johann Georg Meusel (1808) "Mayer (Johann Friedrich)" in: Lexikon der vom Jahr 1750 bis 1800 verstorbenen teutschen Schriftsteller, Vol. 8. p. 568.
  2. ^ Rudolf Vierhaus (2006) Kraatz – Menge. K. G. Saur Verlag GmbH & Company, p. 824
  3. ^ Günter Rudolf Golde (1975) Catholics and Protestants: agricultural modernization in two German villages. p. 15
  4. ^ Thomas Robisheaux (2002) Rural Society and the Search for Order in Early Modern Germany. p. 254.

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