List of soil scientists
A soil scientist is a contributor to soil science. Soil scientists include agrologists, pedologists and soil classifiers.
The following is a list of notable soil scientists
Name | Birth/Death | Country | Remark |
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William Albrecht | 1888-1974 | USA | |
Percy Edgar Brown | 1885-1937 | USA | |
George Nelson Coffey | 1875-1967 | USA | Pioneer of American soil classification |
Enrico Dalgas | 1828-1894 | Denmark | Pioneer of soil amelioration and naturalist |
Charles Darwin | 1809-1882 | UK | Father of modern soil science. First scholarly treatment of soil forming processes |
Vasily V. Dokuchaev | 1840-1903 | Russia | Variously the father of modern soil science, pedology, soil geography |
Friedrich Albert Fallou | 1794-1877 | Germany | Founder of modern soil science. Coined the term pedology |
Eugene W. Hilgard | 1833-1916 | USA | Father of modern soil science in the USA |
Hans Jenny | 1899-1992 | USA | Influential pedologist |
Franklin Hiram King | 1848-1911 | USA | Father of American soil physics |
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Krasil'nikov | 1896–1973 | Russia | Microbiologist |
Justus von Liebig | 1803-1873 | Germany | Father of soil chemistry |
Thomas Lyttleton Lyon | 1869-1938 | USA | |
Curtis F. Marbut | 1863-1935 | USA | Father of American pedology |
John Mortvedt | 1932-2012 | USA | Micronutrient fertilizer researcher |
Bernard Palissy | ~1510-1590 | France | First to research amending soil to replenish minerals |
Bashiru Ademola Raji | - | Nigeria | |
Lorenzo A. Richards | 1904–1993 | USA | Soil physicist |
Pedro A. Sanchez | 1940- | USA | World food systems visionary |
Olivier de Serres | 1529-1619 | France | Promoted crop rotation as a way of preserving soil nutrients |
Emil Truog | 1884-1969 | USA | |
Selman Waksman | 1888-1973 | USA | Soil microbiologist |
Sirajul Hoque | Bangladesh | Soil microbiologist | |
Aminul Islam | Bangladesh | Soil horizon of Bangladesh land |
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