Background
Burkett, Charles William was born on January 3, 1873 in Thornville, Ohio, United States. Son of Joseph W. and Anna (Klingler) Burkett.
Burkett, Charles William was born on January 3, 1873 in Thornville, Ohio, United States. Son of Joseph W. and Anna (Klingler) Burkett.
Bachelor of Science, University Ohio, 1895, Master of Science, 1898. Doctor of Philosophy, Lima College, 1900.
Assistant agriculture U. Ohio, 1895-1898. Professor agriculture, New Hampshire (U.S.) College Agriculture, and agriculturist, New Hampshire (U.S.) Experiment Station, 11898-1901. Professor agriculture, North Carolina College Agriculture, and agriculturist, North Carolina Experiment Station, 1901-1906.
Director Kansas Agriculture
Experiment Station, 1906-1908. Investigator cereal problems in Turkey and Russia, 1907 for State of Kansas.
Editor American Agriculturist, 1908-1922. Editor, Macfadden Book Company, 1923-1932.
President Orange Judd Public Company, 1922-1927.
President True Strange Stories Public Сompany. Vice president Farmers Independence Council, since 1935. Founder and 1st edtior.
1896-1898, The Agricultural Student.
Farmers’ institute lecturer Editor Country Life Education Series. Company-founder Alpha Zeta Fraternity.
Member Kappa Sigma, Ohio Society of New York (historian). Author: History of Ohio Agriculture, 1900.
Agriculture for Beginners (joint author), 1903.
Cotton (joint author), 1906. Our Domestic Animals. The Hill Readers (joint author), 1906.
Soils, 1907.
Farm Stock, 1908. The Framer’s Veterinarian, 1909. Farm Crops, 1910; First Principles of Feeding Farm Animals, 1912.
Farm Arithmetic, 1913. Soils and Crops (joint author), 1913.
Farm Animals (joint author), 1914.
Between Two Lives, 1916.
Member; Club: Westchester Country.
Married Laura Anna Weisman, December 27, 1900. Children: Dorothy Louise, Charles William.