Portraits
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Sir John Bennet Lawes, Bart., DCL, LLD, FRS, 1870s-1930s
Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3203
Scope and Contents
Portrait photograph of Sir John Bennet Lawes, Bart., DCL, LLD, 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.
Dates:
1870s-1930s