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due to the knowledge and intelligence of a group of men, 

 six in number, competent foresters, who combined 

 the high grade education of the Cameralists and the 

 practitioners' knowledge : Hartig, Cotta, Himdeshagen, 

 Koenig, Pfeil and Heyer. These men built on the 

 shoulders of their precursors of the century in which 

 they were bom, and being placed in authoritatiTe posi- 

 tions, found opportunities of putting their teachings 

 into practice. 



The first two mentioned were older than the rest, and 

 are usually described as "fathers of modem forestry." 

 Bom about a year apart, both educated at Tiniversities, 

 they excelled both in scientific and practical directions. 



Georg Ludwig Hartig (1764-1837), studied at the 

 University of Giessen and, after having served in various 

 functions in various parts of Southern Germany, became, 

 in 1811, he^d of the Prussian forest administration. He 

 was equally eminent as a practical man and organizer, as 

 a writer and as a teacher. In literary direction his 

 work lay not so much in developing new ideas as in 

 formulating clearly the known ones, as evidenced in his 

 celebrated "General Rules" in silviculture. 



Not less than thirty separate publications attest his 

 assiduity. Among them stands pre-eminent "Anwei- 

 sung zur Holzzucht fur Foerster" (1791; 8th edition, 

 1818). As a teacher he began his work by establishing 

 a masterschool (1789-1791) at Hungen, transferred to 

 Stuttgart in 1807 ; and afterwards, as head of the Prus- 

 sian forest administration, he lectured at the University 

 of Berlin, continuing his lectures even after the forestry 

 school at Eberswalde was established, until his death. 



He may be considered as having established on a firm 



