Friedrich Albert Fallou, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Friedrich Albert Fallou

German jurist and lawyer

Date of Birth: 11-Nov-1794

Place of Birth: Zörbig, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 06-Sep-1877

Profession: lawyer, jurist, geologist

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Friedrich Albert Fallou (1794–1877) was the German founder of modern soil science.
While working as a lawyer and tax assessor, Fallou established himself as an independent scientist, a recognized authority in the natural history of farm and forest soil.
In 1862 he advanced the idea that soil was separate in nature from geology.
Intent on establishing the study of soils as an independent science, Fallou introduced the term pedology (German: pedologie).