1930 H. A. Knight

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A portrait of Harry Arthur Knight (1880-82, Certificate of Agriculture), the Bledisloe Medallist, 1930. Harry Arthur Knight of Coalgate is listed as the first student enrolled at the School of Agriculture in Lincoln when it opened on 19 July 1880. In a career devoted to agriculture and the land, he developed Racecourse Hill, one of the largest farms in Malvern, growing in some years up to 1600 acres of wheat. He was a pioneer in the use of solid straw Tuscan variety. Stud stock breeder, especially Southdown and English Leicester sheep; also owner-breeder of Ballymena and Limerick, two famous and highly successful track horses. Company director; chairman Malvern County for 25 years; member Canterbury Agricultural College Board of Governors for over 30 years and chairman 1915 to 1926.

PersonH. A. KnightDate2012KeywordsBledisloe MedalawardsAlumniFilename1930 Knight H ASourceBledisloe and Alumni International Medal Recipients 1930 - 2012Item Reference0000778

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1930 H. A. Knight