William F. Petersen

William Ferdinand Petersen (born March 25, 1887 in Chicago , † August 21, 1950 ibid) was the founder of biometeorology in the United States .

Petersen was Professor of Pathology at the University of Illinois from 1924 to 1942 .

In 1963 Eric Michael Glaser, Igho Hart Kornblueh, AP Krueger, Frederick Sargent and Solco Walle Tromp founded the William F. Petersen Foundation , which has presented the William F. Petersen Memorial Award for outstanding research in the field of biometeorology since 1966 .

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Literature by and about William F. Petersen in the WorldCat bibliographic database

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c Frederick Sargent : The William F. Petersen foundation . In: International Journal of Biometeorology. Vol. 7 (1963), H. 1 Supplement, pp. 105-109, doi: 10.1007 / BF02189189 .

personal data
SURNAME	Petersen, William F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Petersen, William Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American medic
DATE OF BIRTH	March 25, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chicago
DATE OF DEATH	August 21, 1950
Place of death	Chicago

[sa-1] A ^b ^c Frederick Sargent : The William F. Petersen foundation . In: International Journal of Biometeorology. Vol. 7 (1963), H. 1 Supplement, pp. 105-109, doi: 10.1007 / BF02189189 .