Niels Hoffmeyer
Niels Henrik Cordelus Hoffmeyer (born June 3, 1836 in Copenhagen , † February 16, 1884 in Copenhagen) was a Danish meteorologist .
Life
Niels Hoffmeyer devoted himself to the military, took part in the war of 1864, lived in France from 1865 to 1866 for reasons of health, mainly dealt with meteorology and founded the Danish Meteorological Institute in Copenhagen in 1872 , with stations in Greenland , Iceland and the Faroe Islands brought into being.
He earned considerable merit by compiling synoptic weather maps, which show the prevailing weather conditions over a larger area at a given moment; he also examined the effect or distribution of land and water on temperature and air pressure on the northern coasts and the shores of the Mediterranean.
Honors
In 1883 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .
literature
- Niels Hoffmeyer . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 7 : I. Hansen – Holmsted . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1893, p. 495 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
- Literature by Niels Hoffmeyer in the catalog of the Berlin State Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Member entry by Niels Henrik Hoffmeyer at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on November 27, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoffmeyer, Niels |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hoffmeyer, Niels Henrik Cordelus (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish meteorologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1836 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 16, 1884 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |