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.
- Occupation
- chemist, farmer, businessperson, inventor
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- December 28, 1814
- Died
- August 31, 1900
