Robert Maxwell (writer)
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Robert Maxwell was a Scottish writer on agriculture.
He was born in Kirkcudbrightshire
. He was an active member of the Society of Improvers in the Knowledge of Agriculture in Scotland.
He published books including The Practical Husbandman, being a Collection of Miscellaneous Papers on Husbandry (1757) and The Practical Beemaster (1747).
He was born in Kirkcudbrightshire
Kirkcudbrightshire
The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright or Kirkcudbrightshire was a county of south-western Scotland. It was also known as East Galloway, forming the larger Galloway region with Wigtownshire....
. He was an active member of the Society of Improvers in the Knowledge of Agriculture in Scotland.
He published books including The Practical Husbandman, being a Collection of Miscellaneous Papers on Husbandry (1757) and The Practical Beemaster (1747).
Further reading
- Science and Agricultural Progress: Quantitative Evidence from England, 1660-1780 by Joshua Lerner, Agricultural History, Vol. 66, No. 4 (Autumn, 1992), pp. 11-27