Eugene Woldemar Hilgard

Eugene W. Hilgard is considered the father of modern soil science in the United States of America.


Date of Birth: January 5, 1833, Elected to National Academy of Sciences: 1872, Date of Death: January 8, 1916

Eugene W. Hilgard photograph by Elite Studio Eugene W. Hilgard Eugene Hilgard at Berkeley

A biographical memoir of Eugene Woldemar Hilgard by Frederick Slate was published by the National Academy of Sciences.


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