Constantine Campbell

Constantine Alberga Campbell (January 18, 1934 – November 27, 2022) was a Canadian scientist who was a researcher in soil organic matter and all features of nitrogen in soils and crops. Campbell is the leading authority on soil fertility and degradation of nitrogen in American prairie soil, which includes the amount of loss on the quality of organic matter. He was one of the first to radiocarbon date soil organic matter, and in 1967 published a paper which is cited as a landmark work. The majority of his career, he worked with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, retiring in 1998. He spent his high school years at Cornwall College, located in Montego Bay, Jamaica. He moved to Canada in 1955 at the age of 21 and studied at the Ontario Agricultural College.

Career Campbell's main interest included soil research relating to dry-land farming in the Canadian prairies where he demonstrated ways to reverse degradation. Fellow, Soil Science Society of America (1993) Distinguished Service Award, Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists (1997) Foundation founded in his honour for University of Saskatchewan students to train in soil sciences at Swift Current (1997) Member, Order of Canada, 1998 Appointed Scientist Emeritus, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada (1998) Saskatchewan Order of Merit (1998) Inducted into Saskatchewan Agriculture Hall of Fame (1999) Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal (2002) Saskatchewan Centennial Medal (2005) Inclusion in Who’s Who in Black Canada 2 (2006) Inducted into the Cricket Hall of Fame, Hartford Connecticut (2006) Recognized for service to his alma mater by Cornwall College Old Boys Association (2008)