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Vasily Vasilyevich Dokuchayev

Russian ecologist
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Vasily Vasilyevich Dokuchayev (born Feb. 17 [March 1, New Style], 1846, Milyukovo, Russia—died Oct. 26 [Nov. 8], 1903, St. Petersburg, Russia) was a Russian geomorphologist and early soil scientist. In 1872 Dokuchayev became curator of geology at the University of St. Petersburg; in 1879 he joined the geology faculty and instituted the first course in Quaternary geology taught at a university. From 1892 to 1895 he reorganized and directed the Novo-Aleksandr Institute of Agriculture and...

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