Robert Brown (agriculturalist)
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Robert Brown was a Scottish writer on agricultural science and rural subjects.
He was born in East Linton, Haddingtonshire, entered into business in his native village, but soon turned to agriculture
, which he carried on first at West Fortune and afterwards at Markle, where be practised several important experiments. He was an intimate friend of George Rennie
of Phantassie. While Rennie applied himself to the practice of agriculture, Brown wrote on the science. He published a View of the Agriculture of the West Riding of Yorkshire, 8vo, 1799, and a Treatise on Rural Affairs, 2 vols, 8vo, 1811, and wrote many articles in the Edinburgh Farmer's Magazine, of which he was editor for fifteen years. Some of these articles have been translated into French and German. He died at Drylaw, East Lothian
, on 14 Feb, 1831, in his seventy-fourth year.
An pseudonymous edition of a work relating to Scottish emigration to Canada, Remarks on the Earl of Selkirk's observations on the present state of the Highlands of Scotland …, is attributed Brown.
He was born in East Linton, Haddingtonshire, entered into business in his native village, but soon turned to agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
, which he carried on first at West Fortune and afterwards at Markle, where be practised several important experiments. He was an intimate friend of George Rennie
George Rennie (agriculturalist)
George Rennie , agriculturist, son of James Rennie, farmer, of Phantassie, Haddingtonshire , and elder brother of John Rennie, the engineer, was born on his father's farm in 1749....
of Phantassie. While Rennie applied himself to the practice of agriculture, Brown wrote on the science. He published a View of the Agriculture of the West Riding of Yorkshire, 8vo, 1799, and a Treatise on Rural Affairs, 2 vols, 8vo, 1811, and wrote many articles in the Edinburgh Farmer's Magazine, of which he was editor for fifteen years. Some of these articles have been translated into French and German. He died at Drylaw, East Lothian
East Lothian
East Lothian is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy Area. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Midlothian. Its administrative centre is Haddington, although its largest town is Musselburgh....
, on 14 Feb, 1831, in his seventy-fourth year.
An pseudonymous edition of a work relating to Scottish emigration to Canada, Remarks on the Earl of Selkirk's observations on the present state of the Highlands of Scotland …, is attributed Brown.