List of soil scientists
Encyclopedia
A soil scientist is a contributor to the science
of soil
. Soil scientists include agrologists
, pedologists
and soil classifiers
.
The following is a list of famous soil scientists
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
of soil
Soil
Soil is a natural body consisting of layers of mineral constituents of variable thicknesses, which differ from the parent materials in their morphological, physical, chemical, and mineralogical characteristics...
. Soil scientists include agrologists
Agrology
Agrology is the branch of soil science dealing with the production of crops. The use of the term is most active in Canada. Use of the term outside of Canada is sporadic but significant...
, pedologists
Pedology (soil study)
Pedology is the study of soils in their natural environment. It is one of two main branches of soil science, the other being edaphology...
and soil classifiers
Soil classification
Soil classification deals with the systematic categorization of soils based on distinguishing characteristics as well as criteria that dictate choices in use.- Overview :...
.
The following is a list of famous soil scientists
- George Nelson Coffey, USA, First in USA to propose that soil is an independent natural body, to be classified on the basis of its own properties.
- Charles DarwinCharles DarwinCharles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
(1809 – 1882), Great Britain - First scholarly treatment of soil forming processes. - Vasily V. DokuchaevVasily V. DokuchaevVasily Vasili'evich Dokuchaev was a Russian geographer who is credited with laying the foundations of soil science.- Overview :...
, (1840 – 1903), Russia - Father of soil science. - Eugene W. HilgardEugene W. HilgardEugene Woldemar Hilgard was a German-American expert on pedology...
, (1833 – 1916), USA - Father of modern soil science in the USA. - Hans Jenny (1899 – 1992), USA
- Franklin Hiram KingFranklin Hiram KingFranklin Hiram King was an American agricultural scientist who was born on a farm near Whitewater, Wisconsin, attended country schools, and received his professional training first at Whitewater State Normal School and then at Cornell University.King served as a professor of agricultural physics...
(1848 – 1911), USA - Father of soil physics in the USA. - Pavel Andreyevich Kostychev (1845 – 1895), Russia
- Nikolai Aleksandrovich Krasil'nikov, (1896 – 1973), Russia
- Justus von LiebigJustus von LiebigJustus von Liebig was a German chemist who made major contributions to agricultural and biological chemistry, and worked on the organization of organic chemistry. As a professor, he devised the modern laboratory-oriented teaching method, and for such innovations, he is regarded as one of the...
, (1803 – 1873), Germany - Father of soil chemistry. - Curtis F. Marbut, (1863 – 1935), USA, Father of pedology in the USA
- Bernard PalissyBernard PalissyBernard Palissy was a French Huguenot potter, hydraulics engineer and craftsman, famous for having struggled for sixteen years to imitate Chinese porcelain...
(~1510 – 1590), France - Conducted first scientific study of soil amendment to replenish minerals. - Olivier de SerresOlivier de SerresOlivier de Serres was a French author and soil scientist whose Théâtre d'Agriculture was the text book of French agriculture in the 17th century..Serres was born at Villeneuve-de-Berg, Ardèche...
(1529 – 1619), France - Promoted crop rotation as a way of preserving soil nutrients. - Nikolai Mikhailovich Sibirtsev, Russia
- Gavriil Ivanovich Tanfilyev (1857 – 1928), Russia
- Selman WaksmanSelman WaksmanSelman Abraham Waksman was an American biochemist and microbiologist whose research into organic substances—largely into organisms that live in soil—and their decomposition promoted the discovery of Streptomycin, and several other antibiotics...
(1888 – 1973), soil microbiologist - Sergei WinogradskySergei WinogradskySergei Nikolaievich Winogradsky was a Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist, ecologist and soil scientist who pioneered the cycle of life concept. He discovered the first known form of lithotrophy during his research with Beggiatoa in 1887...
(1856 – 1953), Russia