Scottish Meteorological Society

Short description: Climate and Meteorological society

The Scottish Meteorological Society was founded in 1855 by David Milne-Home with private funding, particularly from wealthy landowners who wished to compile meteorological records in order to improve agriculture.^[1]

The Society founded the observatory on Ben Nevis, officially opened in 1883.^[2]

In 1921, the Society amalgamated with the Royal Meteorological Society.

Publications

Journal of the Scottish Meteorological Society, Volume 1 (1864) - Volume 18 (1917/19)

Notable members

W S Bruce
Alexander Buchan, credited with establishing the weather map as the basis of weather forecasting
David Milne-Home, chairman of the Council of the Society
Cargill Gilston Knott, President of the Society
John Murray, oceanographer
Robert Traill Omond, first Superintendent of the Ben Nevis observatory
Dr James Stark, first Secretary of the Society
Thomas Stevenson, co-founder and secretary
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
Clement Lindley Wragge, awarded the Society's Gold Medal

References

↑ "Death and the Weather". University of Glasgow. http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/scottishwayofbirthanddeath/death/deathandtheweather/. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
↑ "Ben Nevis Observatory". Ben-Nevis.com. http://ben-nevis.com/information/history/observatory/observatory.php. Retrieved 2 September 2010.

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[1] "Death and the Weather". University of Glasgow. http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/scottishwayofbirthanddeath/death/deathandtheweather/. Retrieved 2 September 2010.

[2] "Ben Nevis Observatory". Ben-Nevis.com. http://ben-nevis.com/information/history/observatory/observatory.php. Retrieved 2 September 2010.