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 NERFINISHED
coFoundedWith Joseph Henry Gilbert NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
deathDate 1900-08-31
deathPlace Rothamsted, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England NERFINISHED
developed superphosphate fertilizer
educatedAt Eton College
University of Oxford
surface form: Oxford University
electedTo Royal Society NERFINISHED
electionToRoyalSocietyYear 1854
employer Rothamsted Experimental Station NERFINISHED
era 19th century
familyName Lawes NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork agricultural science
chemistry
fertilizer technology
founded Rothamsted Experimental Station NERFINISHED
Rothamsted Laboratory NERFINISHED
givenName John NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
memberOf Royal Society
name John Bennet Lawes NERFINISHED
nationality English
nobleTitle 1st Baronet Lawes NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
title Baronet
workedWith Joseph Henry Gilbert NERFINISHED

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Rothamsted Experimental Station foundedBy John Bennet Lawes