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About Robert Bakewell
Robert Bakewell was an English agriculturalist, now recognized as one of the most important figures in the British Agricultural Revolution. In addition to work in agronomy, Bakewell is particularly notable as the first to implement systematic selective breeding of livestock. His advancements not only led to specific improvements in sheep, cattle and horses, but contributed to general knowledge of artificial selection.
Everything about Robert Bakewell →- Occupation
- farmer, biologist, animal breeder
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- 1725, May 23, 1725
- Died
- 1795, October 1795