Allan Langley – respected veteran of agricultural education
Allan Langley, who worked at the SRUC and its forerunners for almost 40 years, died at the beginning of February at the age of 73. A native of Glasgow, he taught or advised many of the people who now manage farms and work in rural businesses in South-east Scotland and further afield. His interest in agriculture was kindled at an early age, when he spent his summers helping on his uncle's farm in Aberdeenshire. He studied for a BSc Agriculture degree at Glasgow University – which included a year at Auchincruive – and then went on to complete a Diploma in Agricultural Engineering at...
Source: thescottishfarmer.co.uk