Don Kirkham | |
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Born | |
Died | March 7, 1998 | (aged 90)
Alma mater | Columbia University |
Spouse | Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Erwin Kirkham |
Awards | Wolf Prize in Agriculture (1983/4), Robert E. Horton Medal (1995) [1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | soil science |
Institutions | Utah State University, Iowa State University |
Thesis | The variation of the initial susceptibility with temperature and the variation of the magnetostriction and reversible susceptibility with temperature and magnetization in nickel (1938) |
Doctoral advisor | Shirley Leon Quimby |
Don Kirkham (February 11, 1908 – March 7, 1998) was an American soil scientist regarded as the founder of mathematical soil physics.[2] His special interest was the flow of water through soils and drainage of agricultural land. He was awarded the 1983/4 Wolf Prize in Agriculture and the Robert E. Horton Medal in 1995.[1]