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Vasily Dokuchaev

Soil Scientist

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General Reference

Agriculture and Farming Atlas. "Vasily Dokuchaev." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-agriculture.interactiveatlas.org/figures/vasily-dokuchaev.

APA Style

Agriculture and Farming Atlas. (n.d.). Vasily Dokuchaev. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-agriculture.interactiveatlas.org/figures/vasily-dokuchaev

BibTeX

@misc{agricultureandfarmingatlas-vasily-dokuchaev,
  author = {Agriculture and Farming Atlas},
  title = {Vasily Dokuchaev},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-agriculture.interactiveatlas.org/figures/vasily-dokuchaev},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The Russian geologist commonly regarded as the father of soil science, who studied soils in their natural setting and built the first classification system based on climate, vegetation, parent material, topography and time.

Facts

Birth Year

1846 1

Death Year

1903 1

Nationality

Russian 1

Defining Contribution

Laid the foundations of soil science as a discipline distinct from geology and agricultural chemistry, treating soil as a natural body formed by the interaction of climate, organisms, parent rock, relief and time. 1

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Works In

Soil Science

Source Vasily Dokuchaev (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Vasily Dokuchaev (Wikipedia)

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