Biography:Don Kirkham
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Don Kirkham | |
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| Born | Provo, Utah |
| Died | March 7, 1998 (aged 90) Ames, Iowa |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Spouse(s) | 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 |
| Influences | Willard Gardner |
Don Kirkham (February 11, 1908 – March 7, 1998) was a distinguished 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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nielsen, D. R.; Brutsaert, W.; Kirkham, D. (1995). "Kirkham receives Horton Medal". Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 76 (29): 292–293. doi:10.1029/95EO00176. Bibcode: 1995EOSTr..76..292..
- ↑ "Kirkham biography". Soil Science Society of America. https://www.soils.org/membership/divisions/soil-physics-and-hydrology/kirkham-biography.
External links
- "Kirkham biography". Soil Science Society of America. https://www.soils.org/membership/divisions/soil-physics-and-hydrology/kirkham-biography.
- "Don and Betty Kirkham biographies". The University of Arizona, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. https://cals.arizona.edu/kirkham/biographies.htm.
- Don Kirkham at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
- Don and Betty Kirkham soil physics award and Kirkham conferences, Soil Science Society of America.
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