Eugene W. Hilgard

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academic chemist geologist soil scientist university professor

Eugene W. Hilgard was a prominent 19th-century soil scientist and geologist known as a pioneer of modern soil science in the United States.

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Label Occurrences
Julius Erasmus Hilgard 2
Eugene W. Hilgard canonical 1
Ferdinand Heinrich Gustav Hilgard 1

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instanceOf academic ⓘ
chemist ⓘ
geologist ⓘ
soil scientist ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in chemistry ⓘ
awardReceived Elliott Cresson Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate 1833-01-05 ⓘ
birthPlace Grand Duchy of Baden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mannheim NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryOfBirth Germany ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate 1916-01-08 ⓘ
deathPlace Berkeley, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt Heidelberg University NERFINISHED ⓘ
Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ
surface form: University of Berlin

University of Zurich NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
University of Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
familyName Hilgard NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork agricultural chemistry ⓘ
geology ⓘ
mineralogy ⓘ
soil science ⓘ
fullName Eugene Woldemar Hilgard NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName Eugene NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced development of soil classification in the United States ⓘ
early work of the United States Department of Agriculture on soils ⓘ
knownFor application of chemistry to agriculture ⓘ
pioneering modern soil science in the United States ⓘ
research on alkali soils ⓘ
studies of soil formation and classification ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
German ⓘ
memberOf National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
notableWork “Soils: Their Formation, Properties, Composition, and Relations to Climate and Plant Growth” NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation professor ⓘ
positionHeld Director of the California Agricultural Experiment Station ⓘ
Professor of Agriculture at the University of California ⓘ
State Geologist of Mississippi ⓘ
publicationYearOfNotableWork 1906 ⓘ
workLocation California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Hilgard Hall → namedAfter → Eugene W. Hilgard ⓘ
United States Coast Survey → employed → Eugene W. Hilgard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Julius Erasmus Hilgard
United States Coast Survey → director → Eugene W. Hilgard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Julius Erasmus Hilgard
Henry Villard → birthName → Eugene W. Hilgard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ferdinand Heinrich Gustav Hilgard