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Key People

Justus, baron von Liebig
German chemist

Sir Humphry Davy
British chemist

Muḥammad I Askia
Songhai ruler

George Washington Carver
American agricultural chemist

Pierre-Eugène-Marcellin Berthelot
French chemist

Arthur Young
English writer

Patrick Matthew
Scottish landowner and agriculturalist

Henry A. Wallace
vice president of United States

David Dickson
American farmer and writer

François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt
French educator

Cesar Chavez
American labor leader

Edmund Ruffin
American scientist

Ben Tillman
American politician

Rexford Guy Tugwell
American economist

Pinhas Lavon
Israeli politician

Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett
British agriculturalist

John Deere
American manufacturer

Billy Carter
American farmer and businessman

Mary Anne Bryant Mayo
American farm organizer

Samuel Zemurray
American entrepreneur
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