David Low FRSE (23 November 1786 – 26 January 1859) was a Scottish agriculturalist. Life Low, eldest son of Alexander Low, land-agent, of Laws, Berwickshire, was born in Berwickshire in 1786, and educated at Perth Academy and the University of Edinburgh. He assisted his father on his farms, and soon showed aptitude as a land-agent and valuer. In 1817 he published Observations on the Present State of Landed Property, and on the Prospects of the Landholder and the Farmer, in which was discussed the agricultural embarrassment caused by the sudden fall of prices on the cessation of the war. In 1825 he settled in Edinburgh, and in the following year at his suggestion the Quarterly Journal of Agriculture was established, which he edited from 1828 to 1832.

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David Low FRSE (23 November 1786 – 26 January 1859) was a Scottish agriculturalist.

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“Gad, sir, Lord Beaverbrook is right! A conference should be held at once for the U. S. A. to pay back the money Europe owes her.”
— Political Parade, with Colonel Blimp (London: Cresset Press, 1936); quoted in Time, July 27, 1936.
“"Gad, sir, Churchill is right. The Govt. has evidently made an irrevocable decision to be guided by circumstances with a firm hand."”
— Colonel Blimp, quoted in David G. Chandler & Ian Beckett (eds.) The Oxford History of the British Army (Oxford: OUP, 2003) p. 312.
“"That is all right. I had them on my list too."”
— Upon learning his name was included in a book compiled by the Nazi's containing names of individuals who would be automatically arrested upon the Wehrmacht's victory.
“"I have never met anyone who wasn't against war. Even Hitler and Mussolini were, according to themselves."”
— New York Times Magazine, February 10, 1946.