# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eugene-w-hilgard
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:14:12.751Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eugene-w-hilgard"
name: "Eugene W. Hilgard"
slug: "eugene-w-hilgard"
description: "Eugene Woldemar Hilgard was a German-American expert on pedology. An authority on climate as a soil forming factor, soil chemistry and reclamation of alkali soils, he is considered as the father of modern soil science in the United States."
tagline: "German-American geologist (1833-1916)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eugene_Woldemar_Hilgard.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1833-01-05"
deathDate: "1916-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.73
  momentum:             2.65625
  historical:           4.405832
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%88%DB%8C._%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "یوجین وی. هیلارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Woldemar_Hilgard"
    title: "Eugene Woldemar Hilgard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_W._Hilgard"
    title: "Eugene W. Hilgard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenius_Woldemar_Hilgard"
    title: "Eugenius Woldemar Hilgard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eugene_W._Hilgard"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1373201"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump