Netanel Hochberg
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Netanel Hochberg was an Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

i agronomist
Agronomy
Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants for food, fuel, feed, fiber, and reclamation. Agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and soil science. Agronomy is the application of a combination of sciences like biology,...

 and expert in the growing of grapevine
Vitis
Vitis is a genus of about 60 species of vining plants in the flowering plant family Vitaceae. The genus is made up of species predominantly from the Northern hemisphere. It is economically important as the source of grapes, both for direct consumption of the fruit and for fermentation to produce...

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Biography

Hochberg was born in Ottoman-ruled
Ottoman Empire
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 Palestine
Palestine
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 (present day Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

). He studied agriculture at the Mikveh Israel
Mikveh Israel
The name Mikveh Israel may refer to:* Mikveh Israel, agricultural school and village in Israel* Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, United States* Congregation Mickve Israel, Savannah, Georgia, United States...

 agricultural school, to the south of Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...

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Hochberg created a number of new varieties of vine, the first of which he called "Dan ben Hannah" (Dan son of Hannah), named after his son, Dan, who was killed in Israel's War of Independence and his wife, Hannah, who died in 1955.

See also

  • List of Israel Prize recipients
  • Hochberg
    Hochberg
    Hochberg may refer to* Princely families von Hochberg** Margraves of Baden-Hochberg ** Reichsgrafen of Hochberg-Fürstenstein at castle Fürstenstein near Wałbrzych in Silesia, since 1848 Duke of Pless...

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