Name Netanel Hochberg | Died May 1983 | |
Netanel Hochberg (Hebrew: נתנאל הוכברג; died May 1983) was an Israeli agronomist and expert in the growing of grapevine.
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Biography
Hochberg was born in Ottoman-ruled Palestine (present day Israel). He studied agriculture at the Mikveh Israel agricultural school, to the south of Tel Aviv.
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.
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