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Friedrich Albert Fallou (1794–1877) was the German founder of modern soil science. [1] While working as a lawyer and tax assessor, [2] [3] Fallou established himself as an independent scientist, a recognized authority [4] in the natural history of farm and forest soil. In 1862 he advanced the idea that soil was separate in nature from geology.
In his two books First Principles of Soil Science (1857, 2nd ed. 1865) and Pedology or General and Special Soil Science (1862) Friedrich Albert Fallou developed his collected field observations of soil into a systematic approach. He explained why soil formation was worthy of study and appealed for recognition of soil science as a discipline. In ...
Indianapolis: Marion: Central Indiana: 3,900 acres, features the Earth Discovery Center and the Ornithology Center about birds Falls of the Ohio State Park: Clarksville: Clark: Southern Indiana: 165 acres, visitor center museum exhibits about the park's fossil beds, natural and human history Fort Harrison State Park: Lawrence: Marion: Central ...
A soil scientist examining horizons within a soil profile. Soil science is the study of soil as a natural resource on the surface of the Earth including soil formation, classification and mapping; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils; and these properties in relation to the use and management of soils.
The history of edaphology is not simple, as the two main alternative terms for soil science—pedology and edaphology—were initially poorly distinguished. [10] Friedrich Albert Fallou originally conceived pedology in the 19th century as a fundamental science separate from the applied science of agrology, [11] a predecessor term for edaphology, [12] a distinction retained in the current ...
Father of modern soil science. First scholarly treatment of soil forming processes Johanna Döbereiner: 1924–2000: Brazil: Prominent Brazilian agronomist 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 ...
Planning for the new location of the museum occurred largely during the administration of Governor Matthew E. Welsh (1961–1965), whom with the help of Donald E. Foltz, director of the Indiana Department of Conservation, vetted the recently vacated Indianapolis City Hall as a possible site for the museum. [3]
Indianapolis architect Evans Woollen III designed the four-story atrium addition. A grant from Lilly Endowment funded the construction of the Eli Lilly Center for Exploration in 1990. [7] [8] By 1992, the museum was hosting 4,000 programs and activities annually and had an annual attendance of 835,000 patrons.