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3 unusual facts about Wye College


Horace Francis Barnes

From 1924 to 1927 he was a Ministry of Agriculture Research Scholar at The College of St Gregory and St Martin at Wye in England and New York State Museum.

Maurice Denys

In 1546 Denys acquired Wye College, Kent, from Walter Bucler, who had been granted it by the crown following the Dissolution.

Viola von Cramon-Taubadel

From 1992 to 1993 Viola von Cramon was an Erasmus Scholar at Wye College in Kent Country followed by the Language and Study visit to Russia in 1993, traineeship in Voronezh and Belgorod within the World Bank Feasibility study project in 1994 and Study visit to Estonia in 1995.


Horticulture Research International

The HRI was constituted in May 1990 from the AFRC Institute of Horticultural Research Stations at Wellesbourne (the National Vegetable Research Station), East Malling (the East Malling Research Station) and Littlehampton (the Glasshouse Crops Research Institute), the Hop Unit at Wye College and the ADAS Experimental Stations of MAFF at Efford, Kirton and Stockbridge.

Welsh Agricultural College

The College had young lecturing staff, (including.... Wyn Jones and...), in contrast to the established institutions in England (Wye College, Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester, Harper Adams, University of Reading etc.).


see also

Nigel Strutt

He became a fellow at Wye College in 1970, and was Master of the Worshipful Company of Farmers in 1976-7.

Norman Moore

Norman W. Moore (born 1923), conservationist and one-time visiting professor at Wye College.