Don Kirkham

| birth_place = Provo, Utah | death_date = | death_place = Ames, Iowa | fields = soil science | spouse = Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Erwin Kirkham | alma_mater = Columbia University | workplaces = Utah State University, Iowa State University | doctoral_advisor = Shirley Leon Quimby | thesis_title = The variation of the initial susceptibility with temperature and the variation of the magnetostriction and reversible susceptibility with temperature and magnetization in nickel | thesis_year = 1938 | doctoral_students = | awards = Wolf Prize in Agriculture (1983/4), Robert E. Horton Medal (1995) }}

Don Kirkham (February 11, 1908 – March 7, 1998) was an American 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. Provided by Wikipedia