Eugene Woldemar Hilgard (1833–1916)

American stratigrapher and economic geologist. Studied at Heidelberg and Zurich, 1848–54. Appointed assistant on the state geological survey of Mississippi, 1855, and director, 1858. Appointed professor of chemistry, University of Mississippi, 1866. Professor of geology and natural history, University of Michigan, 1873–5; professor of agriculture and director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, Berkeley, California, 1875–1904. Later work on pedology was instrumental in the development of cotton-growing in California.