List of soil scientists
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 notable soil scientists
- William Albrecht (1888-1974), USA
- 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.
- Eugene W. Hilgard (1833-1916), USA, father of modern soil science in the USA
- Hans Jenny (1899–1992), American. 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
- Curtis F. Marbut (1863-1935), USA, father of American pedology
- John Mortvedt (1932-2012), American soil scientist who researched micronutrient fertilizer
- Bernard Palissy (~1510-1590), France - Conducted first scientific study of soil amendment to replenish minerals
- Bashiru Ademola Raji, (living), Nigeria
- Olivier de Serres (1529-1619), France - Promoted crop rotation as a way of preserving soil nutrients
- Selman Waksman (1888-1973), USA, soil microbiologist
- Sergei Winogradsky (1856-1953), Russia
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