Konstantin Glinka

Konstantin Dmitrievich Glinka
Born June 23, 1867
Koptevo District, Russian Empire
Died November 2, 1927 (60 years old)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Alma mater Saint Petersburg State University
Occupation Soil Science

Konstantin Dmitrievich Glinka (1867–1927) was a prominent Russian soil scientist. . He was Director of the Agricultural College of Leningrad and Experimental Station, and the first director of the Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute. . He authored over 150 works on soil, geography, mineralogy, and geology. He is known for having published the first world soil map in 1906.

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