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Cleveland Abbe | |
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Born | 1838 |
Died | 1916 |
Occupation | Astronomers. Meteorologists. |
Cleveland Abbe ...
Biography
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[edit]- December 2, 1838
- Born, New York, N.Y.
- 1857
- B.A., College of the City of New York, New York, N.Y.
- 1859-1860
- Taught engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Studied astronomy under Franz Brünnow
- 1860
- M.A., College of the City of New York, New York, N.Y.
- 1861-1864
- Assisted Benjamin Apthorp Gould on longitude determinations for the United States Coast Survey
- 1864-1866
- Guest astronomer, Observatory of Pulkovo, Russia
- 1867-1868
- Aid, United States Naval Observatory
- 1868-1873
- Director, Cincinnati Observatory, Cincinnati, Ohio
- 1869
- Began publishing daily weather reports for the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
- 1870
- Married Frances Martha Neal (died 1908)
- 1871-1916
- Meteorologist, United States Signal Corps and the United States Weather Bureau
- 1884-1916
- Professor of meteorology, Columbian (George Washington) University, Washington, D.C.
- 1895-1916
- Lecturer on meteorology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
- 1906
- Awarded the Franklin Medal by the American Philosophical Society
- 1909
- Married Margaret Augusta Percival
- 1912
- Awarded the Symons Memorial Gold Medal by the Royal Meteorological Society of London
- 1916
- Awarded the Marcellus Hartley Medal by the National Academy of Sciences
- October 24, 1916
- Died, Washington, D.C.[1]
Works or publications
[edit]See also
[edit]- Glavnai︠a︡ astronomicheskai︠a︡ observatorii︠a︡ (Pulkovo, Russia)
- United States Coast Survey
- United States. Army.Signal Corps
- United States. Weather Bureau
Notes and references
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- ^ "Cleveland Abbe Papers: A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress". (2010). Washington, DC: Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Retrieved 31 March 2014. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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