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

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.

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