Cleveland Abbe
Cleveland Abbe (born December 3, 1838 in New York City , NY , USA , † October 28, 1916 in Chevy Chase , Maryland ) was an American astronomer and first meteorologist , who is considered the father of the US Weather Bureau .
Life
Abbe, trained as an astronomer, took a senior position at the Cincinnati Observatory in Ohio in 1868 . From September 1, 1869, Abbe issued private weather bulletins covering the Cincinnati area . On February 9, 1870, the United States Congress authorized the Weather Service . Abbe was the only person in the United States at the time who had any experience of making weather maps from telegraphic reports. He was therefore offered an important position in the new authority, which he also accepted on January 3, 1871. He was often the official weather forecaster and strong advocate of time zones on Earth .
Since 1871 he was an elected member of the American Philosophical Society . In 1879 Abbe was elected to the National Academy of Sciences , in 1884 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . And on January 13, 1888, he was a founding member of the National Geographic Society . He was a member of the Astronomical Society .
Publications
- Annual Summary and Review of Progress in Meteorology 1873-88
- Treatise on Meteorological Apparatus and Methods 1887
- Preliminary Studies for Storm and Weather Predictions 1889
- The Mechanics of the Earth's Atmosphere Second coll. 1891 ( digitized version )
- Physical Basis of Long Range Forecastings 1902
- Relations between Climates and Crops 1905
- The Mechanics of the Earth's Atmosphere Third coll. 1910 ( digitized version )
literature
- Astronomical Society: Portrait Gallery of the Astronomical Society. Tullberg, Stockholm 1904, p. 7 digitized
Web links
- Cleveland Abbe in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- English biography in NOAA
- Publications by C. Abbe in the Astrophysics Data System
- NN: Cleveland Abbe. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 77 (1917), p. 290 (obituary, English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Member History: Cleveland Abbe. American Philosophical Society, accessed April 2, 2018 .
- ^ Members of the American Academy. Listed by election year, 1850–1899 ( PDF ). Retrieved September 24, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abbe, Cleveland |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronomer and first meteorologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 3, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 1916 |
| Place of death | Chevy Chase (Maryland) , United States |