Background
Hartwell, Burt Laws was born on December 18, 1865 in Littleton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Pollard and Lucinda (Laws) Hartwell.
Hartwell, Burt Laws was born on December 18, 1865 in Littleton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Pollard and Lucinda (Laws) Hartwell.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1889, Master of Science, 1900. B:Science, Boston University, 1889. Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1903.
Mistress Leroy B. Newton). Assistant chemist, Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, 1889-1891. 1st assistant chemist, 1891-1903, associate, 1903-1907, chemist, 1907-1923, director, 1912-1928, agronomist, 1913-1928, Agricultural Experiment Station, Rhode Island State College.
Also professor agricultural chemistry, Rhode Island State College, 1908-1928.
Now agricultural editor and lecturer.
Fellow American Society Agronomy, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, Pi Gamma Museum.
Married Mary Louise Smith, of Stow, Massachusetts, September 9, 1891.