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Eugene W. Hilgard

American geologist

Died when: 83 years 3 days (996 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

Eugene W. Hilgard

Eugene Woldemar Hilgard (January 5, 1833, Zweibrücken, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany – January 8, 1916, Berkeley, California, United States) was a German-American expert on pedology (the study of soil resources).

An authority on climate as a soil forming factor, soil chemistry and reclamation of alkali soils, he is considered as the father of modern soil science in the United States.


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