Henry Stephens (agriculturalist)

He later became a pupil and farmhand of a Berwickshire farmer named George Brown, in order to obtain some practical experience.

In 1837, he gave up farming, and spent the rest of his life writing works promoting advanced farming practices, documenting traditional methods, and familiarizing the reading public with the basic principles of agricultural science.

His The Book of the Farm, which first appeared in 1841 as two volumes,[3] ran into many editions and became the standard reference work for the agriculture of Victorian era Britain, and remained the standard farming manual into the Edwardian era.

[1] In 1843 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being Prof Patrick Neill.

[4] Stephens died at home, Redbraes Cottage[5] off Broughton Road in Edinburgh, and was buried nearby at the western (sealed) entrance to Rosebank Cemetery.