Vasily Vasili'evich Dokuchaev (Василий Васильевич Докучаев) (1846 – 1903) was a Russian geographer who's credited with laying the foundations of soil science. Overview Vasily Vasil'evich Dokuchaev's commonly regarded as the father of pedology, the study of soils in its natural setting. He developed soil science in Russia, and was, perhaps… (More on Dokuchaev)