Don Kirkham

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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]

Don Kirkham
Born	(1908-02-11)February 11, 1908 Provo, Utah
Died	March 7, 1998(1998-03-07) (aged 90) Ames, Iowa
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

Selected publications

• Kirkham, D.; Powers, William L. (1972). Advanced soil physics. New York: Wiley Interscience. ISBN 0-471-48875-5.