John Bennet Lawes

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Entrepreneur and agricultural scientist

Sir John Bennet Lawes, 1st Baronet, FRS was an English entrepreneur and agricultural scientist. He founded an experimental farm at his home at Rothamsted Manor that eventually became Rothamsted Research, where he developed a superphosphate that... Wikipedia

Born: December 28, 1814, Harpenden, United Kingdom

Died: August 31, 1900 (age 85 years), Harpenden, United Kingdom

Children: Charles Lawes-Wittewronge and Caroline Lawes

Books: Report of Experiments on the Growth of Wheat for Twenty Years in Succession on the Same Land, The Effect of Different Manures on the Mixed Herbage of Grass-land, On the Home Produce, Imports and Consumption of Wheat, and more

Grandchildren: unknown daughter Lawes and Sir John Bennet Lawes-Wittewronge, 3rd Bt.

Award: Albert Medal (1893)

Partner: Caroline Fountaine (1842–)

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