German geographerThis article is about the German geographer. For the German pomologist, see Theodor Engelbrecht.

Theodor Heinrich Engelbrecht (6 October 1853 – 18 October 1934) was a German geographer.

Biography

He was born in Obendeich (near Glückstadt), in Schleswig-Holstein. He acquired his education at the universities of Leipzig and Strasbourg, and in 1911 received the honorary degree of doctor from the University of Breslau. In 1895 he joined the House of Deputies as a member of the Free Conservative Party.

Works

• Die Landbauzonen der aussertropischen Länder (3 vols., 1899), a work on the study of agriculture in Europe
• Die geographische Verteilung der Getreidepreise (“Geographic distribution of grain prices,” 2 vols., 1908), the first volume dealing with the United States, the second with India
• Bodenbau und Viehstand in Schleswig-Holstein (1905)

References

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain::Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Engelbrecht, Theodor Heinrich":. Encyclopedia Americana.