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
- George Nelson Coffey, American, first in the USA to propose that soil is an independent natural body, to be classified on the basis of its own properties
- Charles Darwin (1809 – 1882), British, first scholarly treatment of soil forming processes
- Vasily V. Dokuchaev (1840 – 1903), Russian father of soil science
- Eugene W. Hilgard, (1833 – 1916), American father of modern soil science in the USA
- Hans Jenny (1899 – 1992), American
- Franklin Hiram King (1848 – 1911), American father of soil physics in the USA
- Pavel Andreyevich Kostychev (1845 – 1895), Russian
- Nikolai Aleksandrovich Krasil'nikov (1896 – 1973), a Russian microbiologist
- Justus von Liebig (1803 – 1873), German father of soil chemistry
- Curtis F. Marbut (1863 – 1935), American father of pedology in the USA
- Bernard Palissy (~1510 – 1590), French - Conducted first scientific study of soil amendment to replenish minerals
- Olivier de Serres (1529 – 1619), French - Promoted crop rotation as a way of preserving soil nutrients
- Nikolai Mikhailovich Sibirtsev, Russian
- Gavriil Ivanovich Tanfilyev (1857 – 1928), Russian
- Selman Waksman (1888 – 1973), an American soil microbiologist
- Sergei Winogradsky (1856 – 1953), Russian
Famous quotes containing the words list of, list, soil and/or scientists:
“Do your children view themselves as successes or failures? Are they being encouraged to be inquisitive or passive? Are they afraid to challenge authority and to question assumptions? Do they feel comfortable adapting to change? Are they easily discouraged if they cannot arrive at a solution to a problem? The answers to those questions will give you a better appraisal of their education than any list of courses, grades, or test scores.”
—Lawrence Kutner (20th century)
“My list of things I never pictured myself saying when I pictured myself as a parent has grown over the years.”
—Polly Berrien Berends (20th century)
“Have you seen but a bright lily grow
Before rude hands have touch’d it?
Have you mark’d but the fall of the snow
Before the soil hath smutch’d it?
Have you felt the wool of the beaver,
Or swan’s down ever?
Or have smelt of the bud of the brier,
Or the nard in the fire?
Or have tasted the bag of the bee?
O so white, O so soft, O so sweet is she!”
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
“Y’know scientists are funny. We probe and measure and dissect. Invent lights without heat, weigh a caterpillar’s eyebrow. But when it comes to really important things we’re as stupid as the caveman.... Like love. Makes the world go ‘round, but what do we know about it? Is it a fact? Is it chemistry? Electricity?”
—Martin Berkeley, and Jack Arnold. Helen Dobson (Lori Nelson)