John Bennet Lawes
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 123 years ago |
Date of birth | December 28,1814 |
Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
Born | Harpenden |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | August 31,1900 |
Died | Harpenden |
United Kingdom | |
Founded | Sir John Lawes School |
Rothamsted Research | |
Job | Businessperson |
Chemist | |
Inventor | |
Books | Agricultural Chemistry |
Children | Charles Lawes-Wittewronge |
Caroline Lawes | |
Parents | Marianne Sherman |
John Bennet Lawes | |
Current partner | Caroline Fountaine |
Awards | Albert Medal |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 2216325 |
John Bennet Lawes Life story
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 would mark the beginnings of the chemical fertilizer industry.