Register entry 129b - Sir Joseph Henry Gilbert
Visited the Bell Farm on September 16, 1884 - Sir Joseph Henry Gilbert (1817-1901) was part of the Chemical Section of the British Association tour to the Bell Farm. He signed the Register on September 16, 1884. Gilbert collaborated on creating the Rothamsted Experimental Station (St. Albans), one of the oldest agricultural research institutions in the world. He was Knighted by Queen Victoria in 1893.