Charles Saunders
Discovery of the Marquis Wheat Inventor: Sir Charles E. Saunders was the instrumental person who made the discovery of the Marquis Wheat. ... Saunders was pushed into being a chemist by his father, he would have liked to become a musician. ... In 1886, Charles’ father became the first director of Canada’s five experimental farms, (with it’s headquarters in Ottawa). Charles became a student at the University of Toronto, and worked at one of the experimental farms during the summer working on making a new strain of wheat. ... In 1903 Charles’ father appointed him Dominion Cerealist in order to try and find a wheat that matured earlier for the prairies. After this came success for Charles. Invention: Charles tested the seeds he made by taking a shortcut - he would chew them to determine the gluten quality and quantity. ... Harvest results over the next 2 years proved its superiority to Charles Saunders and Angus McKay (the head of an experimental farm in Saskatchewan).