Morris Schnitzer
Morris Schnitzer · Science & Medicine
Soil chemist of humic substances; Wolf Prize in Agriculture (1995/6)
1922, Bochum, Germany — 2020, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Germany · Canada
Morris Schnitzer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Soil chemist of humic substances; Wolf Prize in Agriculture (1995/6)
Schnitzer, born into a Jewish family in Germany and the only Jewish student in his Gymnasium class, later built a long research career as a soil chemist with Agriculture Canada in Ottawa. He became one of the world's leading authorities on humic substances, the complex organic matter that gives soil its fertility, and helped found the International Humic Substances Society. He was co-recipient of the Wolf Prize in Agriculture for 1995/96.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Wolf Prize (Agriculture)
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Soil chemist of humic substances; Wolf Prize in Agriculture (1995/6)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Wolf Prize (Agriculture)
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