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| Born : | 1903-05-19 | Bandoeng Neth. East Indies | www.wehlburg.nl |
| Degree/Occupation : | Dr. PH.D. Plant Pathology | University of Utrecht- | - |
| Died : | 1993-07-14 | Gainsville, Florida USA | - |
| Age : | 90 for picture see photo gallery |
| Dissertation: Research in Pea Ascochyta Disease (Onderzoekingen over erwtenanthracose). |
| Notes : Studied botany and zoology at the university of Utrecht,
Holland.He receicved his PH.D. in plant pathology in 1932. From 1933 to 1941
he worked mainly in sugar cane dideases and sugar cane agronomy in Santo Domingo and at the famous Pasoeroean institute in Java, Netherlands East Indies. During WW II he, his wife and children
were imprisoned in a Japanese concentration camp. After the war he returned to
Holland and became an assistant professor at the university of Waginingen.
After three years he left Holland again and worked in Argentina, Brazil and
Cuba. In 1961 when Castro took over Cuba, he moved to Florida, USA.
and worked in Belle Glade at the Everglade Experiment Station. During the funeral ceremony of Cornelis Wehlburg, his son Albert spoke the following words: "This is really not a sad occasion and I don't want you to feel sad. It is an end of a good full life. Let me just tell you a little history about Pap. He had a good time in college, while he was there he was chosen to be the president of his rowing organization, Triton, for two terms in a row. He was part of the team which won the varsity cup in Holland and he was the coach for the Dutch rowing team when they came to the United States in 1932. He married a good woman and they had two children of whom he was very proud. During the war he played an important part .He was one of the three people who blew up the total oil and fuel reserve in the island of Java. He being responsible for destroying one third of it. The Japanese had expected to use this oil storage during the war. So maybe pap had a small part in making the war a little shorted. In South America, and particularly Cuba he did some great work in sugar cane. That was the culmination of his work. That is why I gave you all a sugar cane leaf. The work which he did on sugar cane ratoon stunting disease was well know. He was the foremost authority on it in the world. People from Australia, Hawaii, Louisiana, and from South American checked with him. All that work started in the kitchen of his house. He had grand children which made him a proud grandfather. He lived to see his ninetieth birth day. This was an important date for him. He even lived to see a great grand child. So he had a good life. Do not let these last two weeks, which were terrible for him, affect the ninety years of good life. Do as I do, lay the sugar cane leaf on the coffin so that he might have that as a remembrance of his good work on earth, and then we can let him go." |
| Father | Mother |
| Adeler Frederich Wehlburg II | Willemina Kommertje Alida Elenbaas |
| Marriage | Children |
| 1933-09-27 - Anna L.isette Catharine . Ketelaar |
1935-04-09 - Lisette Willemina Wehlburg
1937-05-25 - Albert Frederich Cornelis Wehlburg |
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