Eduard Fontserè i Riba

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Eduard Fontserè i Riba in 1902

Eduard Fontserè i Riba (born March 1, 1870 in Barcelona ; † September 18, 1970 ibid) was a Catalan meteorologist, seismologist and astronomer.

education

Fontserè completed a degree in physiomathematics in 1891 and received his doctorate in 1894. In 1891, he set up the time service valid for Barcelona, ​​which provided the official time for Catalonia. He headed this institution for 67 years. The official time was initially determined based on the position of stars from the dome of the Academy of Sciences in Barcelona.

Fontserè as a geodesist and astronomer

Fontserè published several writings in the Bulletin of the Société Astronomique de France and in the series of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona. In 1894, he presented designs for an astronomical observatory on the summit of Tibidabo in Barcelona, ​​which were accepted by the Academy of Sciences in 1895 and put into practice in 1905 with the Fabra observatory . In 1896 Fontsrè was initially given the chair of geodesy at the University of Barcelona, ​​but this was soon closed due to a lack of acceptance of this subject. In 1900 he was offered the chair of mechanics, which he held until 1932. Then he received the chair of geodesy and astronomy, which he led until his retirement.

Fontserè as a meteorologist

From 1896 Fontserè organized a large network of precipitation measuring stations in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands. He started publishing meteorological observational data. He became president of the Astronomical Society of Barcelona , which operated the network with 224 measuring stations. In 1909 he became a member of the Academy of Sciences and in 1912 director of the meteorological and seismic section of the Fabra observatory. With the help of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans , in 1913 he set up the Aerological Station Barcelona, ​​a first cell of the Meteorological Service of Catalonia. In 1922 he became a member of the German Seismological Society , in 1923 of the commission for the study of high atmospheric layers in London and in 1926 of the permanent commission of the world meteorological service . In 1929, at the Montseny summit in Barcelona, ​​under the auspices of the Provincial Council, he organized a meeting of the International Commission for the Study of Clouds. In 1934 he was appointed President of Ateneu Barcelonès , a Barcelona cultural and scientific association. From 1942 he was president of the science department of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans and from 1958 its honorary president. From 1933 to 1935 and 1936 to 1939 he was also a member of the Catalan Society of Physical, Chemical and Mathematical Sciences.

Publications

For his 90th birthday, the publisher Gustavo Gili published a volume called “Various” by Fontserè. The University of Toulouse made him an honorary doctorate. Fontserè's bibliography includes around 180 titles, among which the Atlas elemental de núvols (1925, Atlas of the Clouds), which was translated into French by Ph. Wehrlé, stands out. Also noteworthy are La tramuntana empordanesa i el mestral del golf de Sant Jordi (1930, The Tramontana in Emporda and the Mestral des Sant Jordi Golfes ), L'anomalia tèrmica de la plana de Vic (1937, The thermal anomaly of the plain of Vic) , Elementos de meteorología (1943, elements of meteorology), Assaig d'un vocabulari meteorològic català (1948, experiment on the meteorological vocabulary of Catalan), Una visió meteorològica del turó de l'Home (1950, a weather forecast for the Turó de l 'Home, Montseny Massif), Recopilació de dades sísmiques de les terres catalanes entre 1100 i 1906 (1970, compilation of seismic data from Catalonia between 1100 and 1906).

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SURNAME Fontserè i Riba, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catalan meteorologist, seismologist and astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona
DATE OF DEATH September 18, 1970
Place of death Barcelona