| soil scientists |
During |
Nationality |
Known for |
| George Nelson Coffey |
1908-1986 |
United States |
First in USA to propose that soil is an independent natural body. |
| Charles Darwin |
1809 – 1882 |
Great Britain |
First scholarly treatment of soil forming processes. |
| Vasily V. Dokuchaev, |
1840 – 1903 |
Russia |
Father of soil science. |
| Eugene W. Hilgard, |
1833 – 1916 |
USA |
Father of modern soil science in the USA. |
| Hans Jenny |
1899 – 1992 |
USA |
who is considered the father of cymatics |
| Franklin Hiram King |
1848 – 1911 |
USA |
Father of soil physics in the USA. |
| Pavel Andreyevich Kostychev |
1845 – 1895 |
Russia |
leading scientist of the late 19th century |
| Nikolai Aleksandrovich Krasil'nikov, |
1896 – 1973 |
Russia |
famous soil scientist |
| Justus von Liebig, |
1803 – 1873 |
Germany |
Father of soil chemistry. |
| Curtis F. Marbut, |
1863 – 1935 |
USA |
Father of pedology in the USA |
| Bernard Palissy |
1510 – 1590 |
France |
Conducted first scientific study of soil amendment to replenish minerals. |
| Olivier de Serres |
1529 – 1619 |
France |
Promoted crop rotation as a way of preserving soil nutrients. |
| Selman Waksman |
1888 – 1973 |
United States |
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| Sergei Winogradsky |
1856 – 1953 |
Russia |
Nitrogen cycle, Chemoautotrophy |
