Eugene Woldemar Hilgard (1833 to 1916) was a German-American soil scientist regarded as the father of modern soil science in the United States. An authority on climate as a soil-forming factor, soil chemistry and the reclamation of alkali soils, his research helped establish pedology, the scientific study of soil resources, as its own discipline.
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Defining ContributionRegarded as the father of modern soil science in the United States, an authority on climate as a soil-forming factor, soil chemistry and the reclamation of alkali soils. 1 In the Other Atlases
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Eugene Woldemar Hilgard (January 5, 1833, January 8, 1916) was a German-American expert on pedology
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was a German-American expert on pedology (the study of soil resources)
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he is considered as the father of modern soil science in the United States
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