on graduation linton initially worked at king's as demonstrator in geology, taking over from s.w.wooldridge (later the first professor of geography at king's), who had recently completed his doctorate. in 1929 linton moved to edinburgh university. he nevertheless continued to collaborate with wooldridge on a number of publications on the geology and geomorphology of south-east england during the 1930s, culminating in "structure, surface and drainage in south-east england" (1939, republished 1955).