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| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| Couper, James Hamilton |
(k ´p r) (KEY) , 1794–1866, American planter of Georgia, grad. Yale, 1814. Influential in promoting agricultural research and experimentation, he was a pioneer in the cultivation of rice, long-staple cotton, and sugarcane and introduced new plants, including Bermuda grass. |
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