For other people named John Lawes, see John Lawes (disambiguation).
Sir John Bennet Lawes, Bt
Born
28 December 1814
Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England
Died
31 August 1900 (aged 85)
Awards
Albert Medal (1893)
Lawes as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, July 1882
Sir John Bennet Lawes, 1st Baronet, FRS (28 December 1814 – 31 August 1900) was an English entrepreneur and agricultural scientist.[1] 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.[citation needed]
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