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Gerhard Hans Bernard Hagelberg (7 September 1925 – 2 September 2011) was a German-born journalist and sugar specialist noted for his work on the history and economics of the sugar industry, particularly in the Caribbean.

Early life
Hagelberg was born in Berlin, Germany in 1925, into an assimilated and secular German Jewish family. Hagelberg was sent to England in 1939 in a Kindertransport. He trained in horticulture at the Royal Horticultural Society at Wisley, England, and emigrated to the U.S. in 1943. He enlisted as a private in the United States Army in 1944 and served in India as battalion personnel sergeant major.

Career
His output and range of interests were remarkable, as well as the standard of his writing in three languages, and attention to detail. Although he never held a permanent university post, he was recognised as an outstanding scholar and sugar analyst. He was at one time research fellow or associate at the Academy of Sciences in Berlin, Institute for Sugar Industry in Berlin, Antilles Research Program at Yale University, and the Institute of Latin American Studies of the University of Glasgow. He was advisor to the Government of Barbados on sugar industry matters, and helped coordinate several studies on cattle breeding, and milk and beef production in the Caribbean, funded by the European Development Fund. For many years, Hagelberg was editorial advisor and contributor to F. O. Licht’s International Sugar and Sweetener Report, Ratzeburg, Germany, Zeitschrift für die Zuckerindustrie, Berlin, Germany, and Ethical Performance, Dunstans Publishing, Canterbury, England. Hagelberg wrote a book-length study entitled The Caribbean Sugar Industries: Constraints and Opportunities (ref).

Personal life and death
After the War, Hagelberg settled in New York City as a writer, researcher and copy editor. He later lived in Mexico (1957-60), Cuba (1960-68) and the German Democratic Republic (1968-73). Hagelberg died in Canterbury, England, in 2011.