Aaron Aaronsohn (1876—1919) was a renowned scientist, traveller, entrepreneur, and politician. Aaronsohn is remembered primarily as the discoverer of 'the mother of the wheat', as well as the founder and head of Nili, a Jewish ring of spies working for the British in World War I. Owing to information supplied by Nili to the British Army, General Edmund Allenby was able to mount a surprise attack on Beersheba, unexpectedly bypassing strong Turkish defenses in Gaza. Image File history File links Aaron Aaronsohn File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... A scientist is a person who is an expert in at least one area of science and who uses the scientific method to research that area. ... A traveller (American English traveler) is a person or an object travelling between two or more locations. ... Look up Entrepreneur in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Entrepreneur is a loanword from the French language that refers to a person who undertakes and operates a new venture, and assumes some accountability for the inherent risks. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... Species T. boeoticum T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta References:   ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 Wheat (Triticum spp. ... An Israeli postage stamp depicting Sarah Aaronsohn and her home in Zichron Yaakov. ... // The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי transliterated: Yehudi) is used in many ways, but generally refers to a follower of Judaism, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity; and often a combination of these attributes. ... Spy and secret agent redirect here; for alternate use, see Spy (disambiguation) and Secret agent (disambiguation). ... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machine guns, and poison gas. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby ( April 23, 1861 - May 14, 1936) was a British soldier most famous for his role during World War I, in which he led the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in the conquest of Palestine and Syria in 1917 and 1918. ... Soroka Hospital, Beersheba Beersheba or Beer-sheva (Hebrew: בְּאֶר שֶׁבַע â–¶(?), Standard Hebrew Bəʼer ŠévaÊ», Tiberian Hebrew Bəʼer ŠéḇaÊ» or בְּאֶר שָׁבַע Bəʼer ŠāḇaÊ»; Arabic بِئْرْ اَلْسَبْعْ Biʼr as-SabÊ» â–¶(?)) is a city in Israel. ... The city of Gaza is the principal city in the Gaza Strip. ...

Aaron Aaronsohn was born in Bacău, Romania and brought to the Land of Israel, then part of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, at the age of six, when his parents settled in Zichron Yaakov, a Jewish agricultural settlement of the First Aliyah. Bacău is the name of a city and county (Bacău county) in Romania. ... The Land of Israel (Hebrew: ארץ ישראל Eretz Yisrael) is the land that made up the ancient Jewish Kingdoms of Israel and Judah. ... This article needs copyediting (checking for proper English spelling, grammar, usage, tone, style, and voice). ... Zikhron Yaaqov (זכרון יעקב; unofficially also spelled Zichron Yaakov) is a city in Israel, near Haifa, part of the Haifa District. ... // The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי transliterated: Yehudi) is used in many ways, but generally refers to a follower of Judaism, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity; and often a combination of these attributes. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Israeli settlements. ... Aliyah (Hebrew: עלייה; ascent) is a term widely used to mean Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel (and since its establishment in 1948, the State of Israel). ...

After his study in France sponsored by Baron Edmond James de Rothschild, Aaron Aaronsohn botanically mapped Palestine and became a leading expert on the subject. On his 1906 field trip to Mount Hermon, he discovered two-seeded wild emmer wheat (triticum dicocoides) ([1], [2]) This important discovery for agronomists and historians of human civilization made him world-famous and on a trip to the USA he was able to secure financial backing for a research station he established in Atlit. Baron Edmond James de Rothschild (born August 19, 1845 - died November 2, 1934) was a philanthropist and activist for Jewish affairs and a member of the prominent Rothschild family. ... Map of the British Mandate of Palestine. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Mount Hermon (top of photo) supplies the bulk of the Jordan River water Mount Hermon (Arabic: Jabalu sh-Shaykh) is a mountain in the Anti-Lebanon range, on the border between Lebanon, Syria, and Israel. ... This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Species T. boeoticum T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta References:   ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 Wheat (Triticum spp. ... ... A civilization (American English) or civilisation (British English) has a variety of meanings related to human society. ... Atlit is a small sea side village in Israel near Haifa. ...

After the war, Chaim Weizmann called Aaronsohn to work on Versailles Peace Conference but Aaronsohn was killed in an airplane crash over the English Channel on May 15, 1919. His research on Eretz Israel flora and part of his exploration diaries were published posthumously. Chaim Weizmann and Harry S. Truman, May 25, 1948 Chaim Azriel Weizmann (חיים ויצמן) (also: Chaijim W., Haim W.) (November 27, 1874 – November 9, 1952) chemist, statesman, President of the World Zionist Organization, first President of Israel (elected May 16, 1948, served 1949 - 1952) and founder of a research institute in Israel... The Paris Peace Conference was an international conference, organized by the victors of the World War I for negotiating the peace treaties between the Allied and Associated Powers and their former enemies. ... Satellite view of the English Channel The English Channel, also for some time known as the British Sea (French: La Manche, the sleeve) is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Land of Israel (Hebrew: Eretz Yisrael) refers to the land making up the ancient Jewish Kingdoms of Israel and Judah. ... In Botany a Flora (or Floræ) is a collective term for plant life and can also refer to a descriptive catalogue of the plants of any geographical area, geological period, etc. ... Posthumous means after death. ...

Publications

• Agricultural and botanical explorations in Palestine. 1910.

References

• Heroes of Israel by Chaim Herzog, 1989. ISBN 0316359017
• Molecular Genetic Maps in Wild Emmer Wheat

External links

• Biography of Aaron Aaronsohn at Zionism and Israel Information Center Biography Section