Name Thomas Hale Role Writer | Died 1759 Children Benjamin Hale | |
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In loving memory of matthew thomas hale
Thomas Hale (died c. 1759) was an 18th-century British writer on agriculture, known from his A Compleat Body of Husbandry, 1756.
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Life and work
Little is known about Thomas Hale's life, as no records exist. He probably died around 1759.
His main work was A Compleat Body of Husbandry, published between 1756 and 1758 in four volumes. The work was translated into French by Jean-Baptiste Dupuy-Demportes and published in 1763 as 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 the time. The 3rd edition of the The Complete Farmer (1777) 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.
George Washington owned a copy of A Compleat Body of Husbandry.