Adolf Lehmann

[2][3] Kathinka came from Oldenburg and had lived in Belgium with an uncle who was physician to King Leopold, and studied French and English.

He also served as a bacteriologist in the department of inland revenue, Ottawa (1897) and worked briefly as a lecturer in chemistry at Queen's University Kingston (1897).

[10] Among his achievements were the establishment of rigorous experimental techniques based on pot cultures, field plots, and developing chemical assays for phosphorus in plant and animal matter (including studies on the nutritive value of "famine foods").

He studied soil fertility, and conducted research on improving the process of converting sugarcane juice to sugar (reducing losses by neutralizing with lime before boiling[11]),[12] treating water for drinking, and in paper making.

[13] In 1908, as his appointment term ended,[14] shortly after the death of his wife,[15] the Government of Mysore decided not to renew the position of Agricultural Chemist.

It desires to place on record its high appreciation of the valuable services rendered to the planting industry by Dr.