History of Middleton, (Essex County) Massachusetts United States of America

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A Short Biography of Charles Louis Flint

Charles Louis Flint, agriculturist, was born in Middleton, Mass., May 8, 1824. He was prepared for college at Phillips Andover academy and was graduated from Harvard in arts in 1849 and in law in 1852. He was admitted to the New York bar, but devoted himself to agricultural journalism. On Feb. 14, 1853, he was chosen secretary of the Massachusetts board of agriculture, holding this office until 1878. In 1862 he made a tour of the agricultural districts of Great Britain in the interest of the board; the next year he was a commissioner to the international exhibition at Hamburg, visiting the agricultural schools of Europe and making a detailed report of their work. He was one of the founders of the Massachusetts institute of technology, Boston, and also of the Massachusetts agricultural college, Amherst, being president of the latter one year and secretary for twenty years. He received his A.M. degree from Harvard in 1853. He edited Harris's Insects Injurious to Vegetation; compiled with George B. Emerson, a Manual of Agriculture; and published, besides his annual reports for the Massachusetts board of agriculture, Agriculture of Massachusetts (3 vols., 1853-54); Grass and Forage Plants (1857); and Milch Cows and Dairy Farming (1859). He died in Hillman, Ga., Feb. 26, 1889.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor