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Henry Stephens (Illinois)
Henry Stephens may refer to: *Henry Stephens (agriculturalist) (1795–1874), Scottish farmer and writer *Henry Stephens (doctor) (1796–1864), British doctor, inventor and ink entrepreneur *Henry Stephens (Conservative politician) (1841–1918), ink manufacturer, philanthropist and British Member of Parliament for Hornsey & Finchley, 1887–1900 *Henry Stephens (lumberman) (1823–1886), lumberman, merchant and financier in Michigan *Henry Douglas Stephens (1877–1952), Australian paediatric surgeon *Henry Louis Stephens (1824–1882), American illustrator *Henry Pottinger Stephens (1851–1903), English dramatist and journalist *Henry Robert Stephens (1665–1723), Belgian Jesuit theologian *Henry Sykes Stephens (1796-1878), British general and artist *Henri Estienne (1528–1598), also known as Henry Stephens, Parisian printer *H. Morse Stephens (1857–1919), historian See also *Harry Stephens (other) *Henry Stevens (other) *Henry Stephen (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Stephens (agriculturalist)
Henry Stephens FRSE (25 July 1795 – 5 July 1874) was a 19th-century Scottish farmer, meteorologist and agricultural author. His multi-volume ''Book of the Farm'' was a standard text for some seventy years after its first edition of 1844. Life Henry Stephens was born at Keerpoy in Bengal, the son of Dr Andrew Stephens, a surgeon in the East India Company. Upon the death of his father in 1806, his family returned to Dundee in eastern Scotland, and Henry was educated at Dundee Grammar School and the Dundee Academy. Stephens then attended lectures on farming and agricultural chemistry at the University of Edinburgh. He later became a pupil and farmhand of a Berwickshire farmer named George Brown, in order to obtain some practical experience.Preface to 2010 reprint of the 1844 edition of Stephens's ''The Book of the Farm: Detailing the Labours of the Farmer, &c.'' (Cambridge University Press, 2011), p. i His mother Sarah Stephens died in 1832 at Keerpoy , aged 66 years, wife of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |