Don Kirkham (February 11, 1908 – March 7, 1998) was a distinguished soil scientist regarded as the founder of mathematical soil physics. 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.
- Don and Betty Kirkham Awards and Conferences
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Laureates of the Wolf Prize in Agriculture
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- George F. Sprague / John C. Walker (1978)
- Jay Lush / Kenneth Blaxter (1979)
- Karl Maramorosch (1980)
- John O. Almquist / Henry A. Lardy / Glenn W. Salisbury (1981)
- Wendell L. Roelofs (1982)
- Don Kirkham / Cornellis T. de Witt (1983/4)
- Robert H. Burris (1984/5)
- Ralph Riley / Ernest R. Sears (1986)
- Theodor O. Diener (1987)
- Charles Thibault / Ernest John Christopher Polge (1988)
- Peter M. Biggs / Michael Elliott (1989)
- Jozef Stefaan Schell (1990)
- Shang Fa Yang (1991)
- John E. Casida (1993)
- Carl B. Huffaker / Perry L. Adkisson (1994/5)
- Morris Schnitzer / Frank J. Stevenson (1995/6)
- Neal L. First (1996/7)
- Ilan Chet / Baldur R. Stefansson (1998)
- Gurdev Khush (2000)
- Roger N. Beachy / James E. Womack (2001)
- R. Michael Roberts / Fuller W. Bazer (2002/3)
- Yuan Longping / Steven D. Tanksley (2004)
- Ronald L. Phillips / Michel A. J. Georges (2006/7)
- John A. Pickett / James H. Tumlinson / W. Joe Lewis (2008)
- David Baulcombe (2010)
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- Agriculture
- Arts
- Chemistry
- Mathematics
- Medicine
- Physics
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Kirkham, Don |
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| Date of birth |
February 11, 1908 |
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| Date of death |
March 7, 1998 |
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