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The Second International Congress of Soil Science was held in St. Petersburg and Moscow in July 1930. Konstantin Glinka had been elected the President of the International Society of Soil Science, but he had suddenly died in 1927. The congress was attended by 460 soil scientists, and included presentations, exhibits and an excursion that lasted 24 days. The Third International Congress of Soil Science was held in Oxford, UK, in August 1935. The congress had a similar setup to the first two congresses but lacked the brilliance and vitality. A fourth congress was to be held in Heidelberg, Germany, in 1940 but the world went to war. In 1945, efforts were made to establish a new global organization of soil science and to disremember the war years of the International Society of Soil Science. However, in 1947, the society was resurrected. In 1950 the Fourth International Congress of Soil Science was held in Amsterdam, and there were almost 500 attendees, with 120 from the Netherlands. Soils of the tropics was an important theme at the congress, and it decided that the next congress was to be held in Congo in 1954. The congress was held in Kinshasa in 1954 had only 200 participants but had an impact on soil research in tropical countries. The sixth congress was held in Paris in 1956, had almost 800 attendees, of which 200 were from France, and over 40 American attendees.

“Soil is a very broad term, like plant or animal.”

Charles Kellogg, 1948

“The problems which are growing out of overspecialization are not limited to soil science but are common to many sciences. Physicists, engineers, chemists, biologists all see the limitations of too narrow specialization and the need for more generalists.”

Richard Bradfield, 1960

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Hartemink, A.E. (2021). From 1927 to 1960, and a Favor Returned. In: Soil Science Americana. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71135-1_12

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