HARTIG, GEORG LUDWIG German agri culturist and writer on forestry, was born at Gladenbach, near Marburg, on Sept. 2, 1764. After obtaining a practical knowledge of forestry at Harzburg, he studied from 1781 to 1783 at the University of Giessen. He held forestry appointments under various German princes, and established a school of forestry which he removed to Berlin in 1811. He secured its affiliation with the university. He died in Berlin on Feb. 2, 183 7.
G. L. Hartig's works include Lehrbuch fur Forster (3 vols., Stutt gart, 1808) ; Lehrbuch fiir lager (Stuttgart, 181o) ; Kubiktabellen fur geschnittene, beschlagene, and runde Holzer (1815, loth ed. Berlin, 1871) ; and Lexikon fur Jager and Jagdfreunde (1836, 2nd ed. Berlin, 1859-61).