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Thomas Hale (died c. 1759) was an 18th-century British writer on agriculture, known from his ''A Compleat Body of Husbandry'', 1756. == Life and work == Little is known about Thomas Hales life, and no records exist. He died around 1759, because the edition of "Continuation of The Compleat Body of Husbandry" described in the subtitle that it was compiled from the original papers of the late Thomas Hale, Esq.〔Esq. Thomas Hale. ''Continuation of The Compleat Body of Husbandry: ... Compiled from the Original Papers of the Late Thomas Hale, Esq; and Enlarged by Many New and Useful Communications ...'' T. Osborne, T. Trye and S. Crowder, 1759.〕 His main work was ''A Compleat Body of Husbandry'', published between 1756 and 1758 in four volumes. The work was translated in French by Jean-Baptiste Dupuy-Demportes, published in 1764 entitled ''Le Gentilhomme cultivateur, ou corps complet d'agriculture.'' The British ''The Complete Farmer: Or, a General Dictionary of Husbandry'' by members of the Royal Society, first published from 1756 to 1768, considered Thomas Hale among the foremost agriculturists of that time. The 3rd edition of the ''The Complete Farmer'' (1777) even listed Hale in the subtitle of this work among other foremost authorities, such as Carl Linnaeus, Louis François Henri de Menon, Hugh Plat, John Evelyn, John Mortimer, John Worlidge, Jethro Tull, William Ellis, Philip Miller, Edward Lisle, Roque, John Mills, and Arthur Young.〔The Complete Farmer: Or, a General Dictionary of Husbandry. 3rd ed. 1777.〕 It is known that George Washington owned a copy of Thomas Hale's ''Compleat Body of Husbandry'', London, 1758.〔(Washington and the New Agricultur ) at ''memory.loc.gov,'' Accessed April 4, 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Hale (agriculturist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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