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David Low (agriculturalist)

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22: 317: 109:, to travel, taking portraits of the best specimens of different breeds of animals. Altogether £3,000 was expended on the museum, of which £1,500 came from the government, £300 from the Reid fund, and the rest from the professor's private resources. The museum led to increased attendance in the class of agriculture, which numbered from 70 to 90 students. 185:
On the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands: Comprehending the Natural and Economical History of Species and Varieties; the Description of the Properties of External Form; and Observations on the Principles and Practice of
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In the 1830s he is recorded as having two addresses, both prestigious. His town address is given as 33 Howe Street in the
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consented in 1833 to allow £300 a year for that purpose. Low contributed collections of his own, and employed
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Observations on the Present State of Landed Property, and on the Prospects of the Landholder and the Farmer
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Appeal to the Common Sense of the Country regarding the Condition of the Industrious Classes
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Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002: Biographical Index
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Besides the works already mentioned, Low was the author of:
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An Inquiry into the Nature of the Simple Bodies of Chemistry
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in 1831 Low was appointed professor of agriculture in the
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The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands
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The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands
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Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006).
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Low resigned his chair in 1854, and was replaced by
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was established, which he edited from 1828 to 1832.
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FRSE
Scottish
land-agent
Berwickshire
Perth Academy
University of Edinburgh
war
Edinburgh
Quarterly Journal of Agriculture
Andrew Coventry
University of Edinburgh
Chancellor of the Exchequer
William Shiels
R.S.A.
New Town
chemistry
French
Prof John Wilson
Trinity, Edinburgh
Warriston Cemetery
French
German
The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands
On the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands: Comprehending the Natural and Economical History of Species and Varieties; the Description of the Properties of External Form; and Observations on the Principles and Practice of Breeding
Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002: Biographical Index
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
ISBN
978-0-902198-84-5
the original

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