Albert Boerger (known as Alberto Boerger in Uruguay and South America) was a German scientist who worked in the field of phytotechnology. He was born in Förde (today Grevenbrück) in Westphalia on November 4, 1881. He was hired by the government of Eastern Republic of Uruguay in 1911 to conduct the work of plant breeding in that country, taking as reference the experiences of the United States and the German Empire. He arrived in Uruguay on March 5, 1912. After two years of research in the experimental stations Toledo(Department of Canelones, Uruguay) and (Department of Cerro Largo, Uruguay) he was transferred on March 5, 1914 to the experimental station (Department of Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay) with his collaborators, who performed a very relevant work for the Uruguay and Argentina