Paul Schreiber (meteorologist)
Carl Adolph Paul Schreiber (born August 26, 1848 in Strehla , † December 29, 1924 in Dresden ) was a German meteorologist and inventor .
Life
He is the son of the mayor writers from Strehla on the Elbe and studied at the Technical State schools in Chemnitz , the Technical University of Dresden and the University of Leipzig , where he in 1872 to Dr. phil. PhD. He then worked as a physics teacher at the Chemnitz teaching institutions.
In 1884 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .
In 1885 he was appointed head of the Royal Meteorological Institute in Chemnitz, which he had previously looked after on a part-time basis for three years. In 1905 this institute was moved from Chemnitz to Dresden, where it was renamed the Royal Saxon State Weather Station in 1907 .
Schreiber rose to the upper government council and was awarded the title of professor.
Act
Schreiber introduced daily weather reports as early as 1882, before the Reich Weather Service later did this for the entire German Empire.
The two most important creations of Schreiber are the weather stations at 1214 m above sea level. NN high Fichtelberg , which was built there in 1916 despite difficult conditions, and the Wahnsdorf weather station at 246 m above sea level. NN high Wahnsdorfer Kuppe in Wahnsdorf , today Radebeul .
Schreiber invented several meteorological recorders that have been introduced in numerous weather stations.
Individual evidence
- ^ Member entry by Paul Schreiber at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on June 23, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clerk, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schreiber, Carl Adolph Paul (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German meteorologist and inventor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strehla |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 29, 1924 |
| Place of death | Dresden |