Rothamsted

The GA President in 1923 - a century ago - was Sir John Russell. 

He was the director of the Rothamsted Experimental Institute.

Rothamsted Research is a world-leading, non-profit research centre that focuses on strategic agricultural science to the benefit of farmers and society worldwide.

Rothamsted Research is home to three unique NBRIs that are open to researchers from all over the world; The Long Term Experiments, Rothamsted Insect Survey, North Wyke Farm Platform for grazing-livestock systems research.

This is still going strong and providing research expertise to farmers and others involved in agriculture.

By 1923, the Institute had already been around for 80 years!

Rothamsted Research is the longest-running agricultural research institution in the world. Its foundation dates from 1843 when John Bennet Lawes, the owner of the Rothamsted Estate, appointed Joseph Henry Gilbert, a chemist, as his scientific collaborator and planted the first of what were to become the classical Rothamsted long term experiments, on Broadbalk field. The scientific partnership between Lawes and Gilbert lasted 57 years, and together they laid the foundations of modern scientific agriculture and established the principles of crop nutrition.

This provides some detail on the work that Sir John Russell completed.

Sir John Russell's entry is here.

This is what they get up to...

Maybe you've heard of us from across the globe, or just walked your dog past our experiments - you might have wondered, what do they actually DO there? 🤔

Find out (a few of) the ways that our research has contributed to the world!
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