chemist
John Bennet Lawes.
British scientist who invented synthetic fertilizer (1814-1900)
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About John Bennet Lawes
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.
Everything about John Bennet Lawes →- Occupation
- chemist, farmer, businessperson, inventor
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- December 28, 1814
- Died
- August 31, 1900