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John Bennett Lawes, English agriculturalist, 1882. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
John Bennett Lawes, English agriculturalist, 1882. Lawes (1814-1900) began experimental farming on his estate at Rothamstead, Hertfordshire. In 1843 he founded the now famous Rothamsted Experimental Research Station. He used artificial fertilisers and in 1842 built a factory at Deptford to manufacture 'super-phosphates'. This cartoon shows Lawes in 1882 when Queen Victoria created him a Baron. From the Fancy Portraits series published in Punch. (London, 10 June 1882).
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HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
AGRICULTURALIST
Agriculture
AGRICULTURIST
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
Britain
British
Caricature
Cartoon
concept
country
Edward Linley
Edward Linley Sambourne
England
English
Engraving
Fertilizer
INNOVATION
innovator
JOB
John Bennet Lawes
Lawes
LOCATION
Male
Man
Men
Monochrome
NINETEENTH CENTURY
OCCUPATION
Oxford Science Archive
People
Portrait
Print Collector1
PROFESSION
RESEARCH
Sambourne
Scientist
Sir John
Sir John Lawes
Victorian
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