George Robert (Robert) Sachsse (1840–95)

German agricultural chemist. DPhil., Leipzig, 1862. Worked at the agricultural research station, Möckern, 1862–3; at the chemical factory in Leipzig-Plagwitz, 1863–5. Assistant at the agricultural–chemical laboratory, University of Leipzig, 1866–71. Habilitated in agricultural chemistry, University of Leipzig, 1871; lecturer in agricultural chemistry, 1871–84; professor extraordinarius, 1884–95.