John Bennet Lawes
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1814 – 1900
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Who was John Bennet Lawes?
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 the Rothamsted Experimental Station, where he developed a superphosphate that would mark the beginnings of the chemical fertilizer industry.
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- Born
- Dec 28, 1814
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- Eton College
- Brasenose College, Oxford
- Died
- Aug 31, 1900
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on July 23, 2013
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