METEOROLOGIST CLIMATOLOGIST WEATHER STORM WARNING SCIENTIST SCOTT LETTER SIGNED!

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Here’s an
1861
Letter Signed by
19th
Century Pioneer Irish Meteorologist and Climatologist
ROBERT HENRY SCOTT
(1833 – 1916)
PROMINENT
19
th
CENTURY SCIENTIST, METEOROLOGIST, CLIMATOLOGIST and MINERALOGIST,
PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
1884-1885, ESTABLISHING WEATHER OBSERVATORIES OVER THE KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, TO COLLECT DATA TO FORM A SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR STORM WARNINGS, DAILY WEATHER FORECASTS and THE DEVELOPMENT OF METEOROLOGICAL SCIENCE IN GENERAL,
VICE PRESIDENT (1872), FOREIGN SECRETARY (1873-1880S), and SECRETARY OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY,
KEEPER OF THE MINERALS and LECTURER IN MINERALOGY TO THE ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY,
AUTHOR OF SCIENTIFIC BOOKS, INCLUDING
“ELEMENTARY METEOROLOGY, “HISTORY OF THE KEW OBSERVATORY.” and “LAW OF STORMS,” and
NUMEROUS METEOROLOGICAL PAPERS
-&-
PIONEER
PUBLISHER OF “
WEATHER CHARTS and STORM WARNINGS
,” IN
1876
TO SHOW THE PROGRESS MADE IN FORECASTING
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HERE'S A LENGTHY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY SCOTT,
8pp
., DATELINED AT 18 RANDOLPH ROAD, DUBLIN [IRELAND], OCT. 20, 1861, WRITTEN IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE GERMAN [NOT TRANSLATED]. LIKELY GOOD CONTENT
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…
The document measures 5¼” x 8½” and is in VERY FINE CONDITION.
A FINE RELIC OF WEATHERMAN HISTORY.
NOTE: THE LETTER COMES WITH THE
4pp
BIOGRAPHY PICTURED IN THE LISTING PHOTOS.
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES: ROBT. HENRY SCOTT
Robert Henry Scott
FRS
(28 January 1833 – 18 June 1916) was an
Irish
meteorologist, who was president of the
Royal Meteorological Society
.
He was educated at
Rugby School
and
Trinity College Dublin
, where he was
elected a Scholar
.
References
"Scott, Robert Henry"
. Who's Who: 1981. 1916.
SCOTT, Robert Henry, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007.
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