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
• Percy Edgar Brown (1885–1937) USA
• Reinaldo Cantarutti Brazil
• George Nelson Coffey (1875-1967) 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
• Friedrich Albert Fallou (1794-1877) Germany. Founder of modern soil science. Coined the term pedology
• Eugene W. Hilgard (1833-1916) USA. Father of modern soil science in the USA
• Hans Jenny (1899–1992) USA. 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
• Thomas Lyttleton Lyon (1869-1938), USA
• Curtis F. Marbut (1863-1935) USA. Father of American pedology
• John Mortvedt (1932-2012) USA. Micronutrient fertilizer researcher
• Bernard Palissy (~1510-1590) France. First to research amending soil to replenish minerals
• Bashiru Ademola Raji (living) Nigeria
• Lorenzo A. Richards (1904–1993) USA. Soil physicist
• Pedro A. Sanchez (born 1940) USA. World food systems visionary
• Olivier de Serres (1529-1619) France. Promoted crop rotation as a way of preserving soil nutrients
• Emil Truog (1884-1969]], USA
• Selman Waksman (1888-1973), USA. Soil microbiologist
• Sergei Winogradsky (1856-1953), Russia