Institutions

Rothamsted Research

ROTH-am-sted

Also Known As Rothamsted Experimental Station (historical name)

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General Reference

Agriculture and Farming Atlas. "Rothamsted Research." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-agriculture.interactiveatlas.org/institutions/rothamsted-research.

APA Style

Agriculture and Farming Atlas. (n.d.). Rothamsted Research. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-agriculture.interactiveatlas.org/institutions/rothamsted-research

BibTeX

@misc{agricultureandfarmingatlas-rothamsted-research,
  author = {Agriculture and Farming Atlas},
  title = {Rothamsted Research},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-agriculture.interactiveatlas.org/institutions/rothamsted-research},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The oldest agricultural research station in the world, founded in 1843 on John Bennet Lawes's Hertfordshire estate with the chemist Joseph Henry Gilbert. Its Broadbalk wheat experiment has run continuously since 1843, the longest-running field experiment anywhere, and its staff invented modern experimental statistics: R. A. Fisher developed randomization and the analysis of variance on Rothamsted's plots.

Facts

Founding Year

1843 1

Headquarters

Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England 1

Sources

1. Rothamsted Research (Wikipedia)

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