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John Bennett Lawes

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John Bennett Lawes, English agriculturalist, 1882. Lawes (1814-1900) began experimental farming on his estate at Rothamstead, Hertfordshire in 1843 founded the now famous Rothamsted Experimental Research Station. He used artificial fertilisers and in 1842 built a factory at Deptford to manufacture 'super-phosphates'. Lawes in 1882 when Queen Victoria created him Baron. From "The Illustrated London News", (London, 10 June 1882). Engraving.

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