# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-bennet-lawes
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:03:19.797Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-bennet-lawes"
name: "John Bennet Lawes"
slug: "john-bennet-lawes"
description: "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."
tagline: "British scientist who invented synthetic fertilizer (1814-1900)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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birthDate: "1814-12-28"
deathDate: "1900-08-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump