Vasily Dokuchaev

Vasily V. Dokuchaev
V. Dokuchaev (Saint Petersburg, 1888)
Born(1846-03-01)1 March 1846
Died8 November 1903 (aged 57)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
NationalityRussian
Known forModern soil science founder
Scientific career
FieldsGeography, geology, soil science
InstitutionsSaint Petersburg University
Signature
Dokuchaev's soil-formation factors
V. Dokuchaev, 1898
Grave.

Vasily Vasilyevich Dokuchaev (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Докуча́ев; 1 March 1846 – 8 November 1903) was a Russian geologist and geographer who is credited with laying the foundations of soil science. The Ukrainian city of Dokuchaievsk is named after him.