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Robert Patrick Wright

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40: 211: 72:. He took up farming but abandoned it due to his views on land tenure, and instead focussed on Scottish land reforms and improvements for tenant farmers. 362: 32:(1857–1938) was a Scottish farmer and agriculturalist. He was Chairman of the Scottish Board of Agriculture and was knighted by King 312: 264: 28: 24: 357: 75:
He became Professor of Agriculture at the West of Scotland Technical College around 1890. In 1896 he was elected a Fellow of the
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He was born on 12 February 1857 the son of Robert Wright, a tenant farmer of Downan Farm near
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162:(b.1903, d.1994), was appointed Commander of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen 88: 326: 117: 163: 61: 121: 99: 53: 265:"Page 5168 | Issue 28512, 11 July 1911 | London Gazette | The Gazette" 106: 57: 33: 284:"The Standard Cyclopedia of Modern Agriculture and Rural Economy" 39: 155: 105:
He became Sir Robert Patrick Wright when knighted by King
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on 19 December 1938. He is buried with his parents at
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Ballantrae
Ayrshire
Ayr Academy
University of Edinburgh
Prof John Wilson
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Andrew Peebles Aitken
John Gray McKendrick
Magnus Maclean
William Jack
Uddingston
George V
St James's Palace
North Berwick
Ballantrae
Orkney
William James Wright
Elizabeth II
1955 New Year Honours
"Sir Robert Patrick Wright, LL.D."
Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002
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"Page 5168 | Issue 28512, 11 July 1911 | London Gazette | The Gazette"

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