Ransom Asa Moore

Professor Ransom Asa Moore
Ransom Asa Moore
Born(1861-06-05)June 5, 1861
DiedFebruary 26, 1941(1941-02-26) (aged 79)
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
NationalityAmerican
Scientific career
FieldsStonemason
Agriculture
Education
Farm Book-keeping
Parliamentary Procedure and Organization of Farmers
Farm Crops, or Agronomy
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison

Professor Ransom Asa Moore was an agronomist and professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was born 1861 in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin and died in 1941 in Madison, Wisconsin. He has been called "Father of Wisconsin 4-H", the builder and "Daddy" of the Agriculture Short Course Program, and the Father of the Agronomy Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture.