John Bennet Lawes

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John Bennet Lawes was a 19th-century English entrepreneur and agricultural scientist renowned as a pioneer of modern agricultural research and artificial fertilizers.

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instanceOf agricultural scientist ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
person ⓘ
baronetcyCreated 1882 ⓘ
birthDate 1814-12-28 ⓘ
birthPlace Rothamsted, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England ⓘ
coFoundedWith Joseph Henry Gilbert ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1900-08-31 ⓘ
deathPlace Rothamsted, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England ⓘ
developed superphosphate fertilizer ⓘ
educatedAt Eton College ⓘ
Oxford University ⓘ
electedTo Royal Society ⓘ
electionToRoyalSocietyYear 1854 ⓘ
employer Rothamsted Experimental Station ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Lawes ⓘ
fieldOfWork agricultural science ⓘ
chemistry ⓘ
fertilizer technology ⓘ
founded Rothamsted Experimental Station ⓘ
Rothamsted Laboratory ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
honor Fellow of the Royal Society ⓘ
influenced development of chemical fertilizers industry ⓘ
modern agricultural research ⓘ
knownFor founding Rothamsted Experimental Station ⓘ
long-term agricultural field experiments ⓘ
pioneering artificial fertilizers ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legacy Rothamsted Research as one of the oldest agricultural research institutions in the world ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
name John Bennet Lawes ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
nobleTitle 1st Baronet Lawes ⓘ
occupation agricultural scientist ⓘ
fertilizer manufacturer ⓘ
industrial chemist ⓘ
landowner ⓘ
patent patent for manufacture of superphosphate from mineral phosphates ⓘ
patentDate 1842 ⓘ
researchFocus effects of manures on crop yields ⓘ
plant nutrition ⓘ
soil fertility ⓘ
residence Rothamsted, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England ⓘ
title Baronet ⓘ
workedWith Joseph Henry Gilbert ⓘ

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Rothamsted Experimental Station → foundedBy → John Bennet Lawes ⓘ
John Bennet Lawes → name → John Bennet Lawes ⓘ
Lawes Agricultural Trust → namedAfter → John Bennet Lawes ⓘ
Joseph Henry Gilbert → collaboratedWith → John Bennet Lawes ⓘ