Thomas Lyttleton Lyon

Thomas Lyttleton Lyon
Born(1869-02-17)February 17, 1869
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
DiedOctober 7, 1938(1938-10-07) (aged 69)
Ithaca, New York
NationalityAmerican
EducationPh.D.
Alma materCornell University
OccupationAgronomist
SpouseBertha Laura Clark
ChildrenJohn Lyttleton Lyon
George Clark Lyon[1][2]
Parent(s)James B. Lyon
Anna M. Lyttleton

Thomas Lyttleton Lyon (17 February 1869 – October 7, 1938) was an American soil scientist who wrote on the nitrogen cycle. He was a professor at Cornell University and served as secretary of the American Society of Agronomy from 1907 to 1909. Lyon was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the American Chemical Society. His Principle of Soil Management went through 10 editions.[3]

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