biography
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Allston, Robert (Francis Withers)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1801–64)
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| biography:
| Farmer and US governor, born in Waccamaw, South Carolina, USA. He trained at West Point (1821), then spent a year on the Geodetic Coastal Survey, but family matters called him home to oversee the rice plantation. An innovative farmer, he improved cultivation methods and developed prize-winning varieties of seeds (1855, Paris Exposition), and published Memoir on Rice (1843). In addition to farming, he served South Carolina as surveyor general (1823–7), state representative (1828–30), state senator (1832–56), and governor (1856–8). As governor, he emphasized the importance of local taxation to supplement the support of schools. |
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