Nyle C. Brady (25 October 1920 – 24 November 2015) was a professor of agronomy who specialized in soil science, writing an influential textbook,The Nature and Properties of Soils, that went into 14 editions during his lifetime.
Brady was born in Manassa, Colorado to Columbus Franklin (Frank) and Sarah Delila née Rasmussen (Sadie). After a BS in chemistry from Brigham Young University (1941) he pursued a doctorate at North Carolina State University receiving a PhD in 1947. He then became an assistant professor at Cornell University where he worked for 26 years. He headed the department of agronomy from 1955 and was director of the agricultural experiment station from 1963. In 1973 he became a director general at the International Rice Research Institute in Manila and returned to the US in 1981 to head the science and technology division of USAID.
Brady's joined Harry O. Buckman at Cornell to coauthor the textbook on soil science The Nature and Properties of Soils which was first published in 1922.[1] The first edition with Brady as a coauthor was produced in 1952 and the book went into its fourteenth edition during his lifetime. From 1990 he was joined by Ray R. Weil and a fifteenth edition was produced in 2017 with the two authors.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Burros, Lee (1997). "The Nature and Properties of Soils. 11th edition. By Nyle C. Brady and Ray R. Weil. 1996. Prentice Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. 740 pp. $85, hardcover". American Journal of Alternative Agriculture. 12 (1): 45. doi:10.1017/S0889189300007189. ISSN 0889-1893.
- ↑ Daniels, W. Lee (2016). "The Nature and Properties of Soils, 15th EditionRay R.Weil and Nyle C.Brady. Pearson Press, Upper Saddle River NJ, 2017. 1086 p. $164.80. ISBN-10: 0-13-325448-8; ISBN-13: 978-0-13-325448-8. Also available as eText for $67.99". Soil Science Society of America Journal. 80 (5): 1428. doi:10.2136/sssaj2016.0005br. ISSN 0361-5995.
- ↑ Coffmann, W.R.; DeGloria, Stephen; Duxbury, John (2015). "Memorial Statement for Nyle C Brady". Cornell University.