The David Linton Award

The David Linton Award is given to a geomorphologist who has made a leading contribution to the discipline over a sustained period. The winner is invited to present the Linton Lecture, which is one of the central elements of the AGM.

Latest Winner (2009)

Professor Andrew Goudie

Andrew Goudie (Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford) is awarded the Linton Award this year. Throughout his career Andrew has published a large number of papers that are widely cited and have significantly changed the direction of our research. The Award is recognition of an outstanding contribution to geomorphological research and scholarship over a sustained period in the study of arid lands.

Past Winners

1981	Professor R. Bagnold
1982	Professor S.A. Schumm
1983	Professor J.R.L. Allen
1984	Professor R.J. Chorley
1985	Professor L. Starkel
1986	Professor L.B. Leopold
1987	Professor J. De Ploey
1988	Professor E.H. Brown
1989	Professor M.J. Kirkby
1990	Professor G.H. Dury
1991	Professor C.A.M. King
1992	Professor F. Oldfield
1993	Professor D. Brunsden
1994	Professor M.G Wolman
1995	Professor V. Baker
1996	Professor M.A. Church
1997	Professor A. Schick
1998	Professor J.B. Thornes
1999	Professor K. Gregory
2000	Professor W. Graf
2001	Professor M. Thomas
2002	Professor A. Abrahams
2003	Professor O. Slaymaker
2004	Professor D. Sugden
2005	Professor R. Ferguson
2006	Professor Bill Dietrich
2007	Professor Des Walling
2008	Professor Tom Dunne

Nominations

A nomination form is available in Word format here

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