Cleveland Abbe: Quick Facts


Facts

Born December 3, 1838 • New York City • New York
Died October 28, 1916 (aged 77) • Chevy Chase • Maryland
Founder National Weather Service

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Henry Melson Stommel
American meteorologist and oceanographer
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William Morris Davis
American geographer
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Edward Lorenz
American meteorologist and mathematician
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Jacob Bjerknes
Norwegian-American meteorologist
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Vincent Joseph Schaefer
American chemist and meteorologist
Guyot, Arnold Henry
Arnold Henry Guyot
American geologist
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George Engelmann
German botanist and physician
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Jule Gregory Charney
American meteorologist
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Thomas Corwin Mendenhall
American scientist
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William Ferrel
American meteorologist
Espy, James Pollard
James Pollard Espy
American meteorologist
A.A. Michelson.
A.A. Michelson
German-born American physicist
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Tetsuya Fujita
Japanese-American meteorologist
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Manabe Syukuro
American meteorologist
Samuel P. Langley.
Samuel Pierpont Langley
American engineer and astrophysicist
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Carl-Gustaf Arvid Rossby
American meteorologist
Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt
German explorer and naturalist
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac, engraving by Ambroise Tardieu.
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac
French scientist
John Dalton
John Dalton
British scientist
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Wladimir Köppen
German climatologist