Friedrich Albert Fallou

Friedrich Albert Fallou
Born11 November 1794
Zörbig, Saxony-Anhalt, Holy Roman Empire
Died6 September 1877(1877-09-06) (aged 82)
der Diedenmühle near Waldheim, Saxony, Germany
Alma materUniversity of Leipzig
OccupationsLawyer
Geologist
Known forFounder of Pedology

Friedrich Albert Fallou (11 November 1794 – 6 September 1877) was a German lawyer who is considered one of the founders of modern soil science. While working as a lawyer and tax assessor, Fallou established himself as an independent scientist and a recognized authority in the natural history of farm and forest soil. In 1862, he proposed that soil was separate in nature from geology and, intent on establishing the study of soils as an independent science, Fallou introduced the term pedology (German: pedologie).

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