Robert Elmer Horton
Robert Elmer Horton (born May 18, 1875 in Parma (Michigan) , † April 22, 1945 in Voorheesville , New York ) was an American geologist , hydrologist and soil scientist . He is considered the father of modern hydrology.
Life
Horton was born in Parma, Michigan , in 1875 and graduated from Albion College with a Bachelor of Sciences in 1897 . After graduating, he worked for his uncle George Rafter , a well-known civil engineer who helped build the Erie Canal . Horton carried out flow measurements on weirs for him. In 1900, Horton was named district engineer for the US Geological Survey for New York . He continued his research and later published the results in a work that became the standard work in the field. Horton died on April 22, 1945 in Voorheesville, New York.
plant
He studied the water balance of the New York rivers and established a relationship between rainfall and the infiltration capacity of the soil. He coined the term “ maximum possible rainfall ”, which is used to determine the design precipitation . He also investigated the organization of river networks and established a system of order for them, which became known as the Horton's system of order .
Honors
Horton is the namesake of the Robert E. Horton Medal, which is awarded by the American Geophysical Union to honor exceptional contributions in the field of hydrological geophysics . The American Meteorological Society is hosting the Horton Lectureships in his honor , a series of lectures that began in 1974 with Luna Leopold .
See also
literature
- RE Horton: Erosional development of streams and their drainage basins, hydrophysical approach to quantitative morphoplogy . In: Bulletin of the Geological Society of America . tape 52 , 1945, p. 275-370 .
- Keith Beven: Robert E. Horton's perceptual model of infiltration processes . In: Hydrolological Processes . tape 18 , 2004, p. 3447–3460 (Robert E. Horton's model of the infiltration processes PDF file; 1.10 MB ).
Web links
- Henry M. Paynter: Robert E. Horton (1875-1945). American Geophysical Union , accessed December 12, 2009 .
- Robert E. Horton. Encyclopædia Britannica, accessed December 12, 2009 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Horton, Robert Elmer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American geologist, hydrologist, and soil scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Parma, Michigan , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 1945 |
| Place of death | Voorheesville , New York |