Arthur Newell Strahler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arthur Newell Strahler

American geologist

Date of Birth: 20-Feb-1918

Place of Birth: Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India

Date of Death: 06-Dec-2002

Profession: geologist, geographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Arthur Newell Strahler (February 20, 1918 – December 6, 2002) was a geoscience professor at Columbia University who in 1952 developed the Strahler Stream Order system for classifying streams according to the power of their tributaries. Strahler was largely responsible for the shift from qualitative to quantitative geomorphology during the mid 20th century.