George Aubourne Clarke
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George Auborne Clarke by Elsie H. Anderson
George Aubourne Clarke was a Scottish meteorologist, best known for his photographs of cloud types.
From 1903 to 1943 he was the metereological observer at the Cromwell Tower Observatory at the University of Aberdeen.[1] While there he made photographs of clouds, which were published in a book that became the standard reference for metereologists and the military.[2]
He was awarded the first Hood medal from the Royal Photographic Society in 1933[3] for his work as a photographer.
He died on 13 February 1949, aged 69[4].
Publications
- Clouds; a Descriptive Illustrated Guide-book to the Observation and Classification of Clouds, with a preface by Sir Napier Shaw, Constable & Company, Ltd. (1920)
References
- ↑ History of the Cromwell Tower Observatory , accessed 4 March 2011
- ↑ Fluffy thinking , The Financial Times 3 February 2007, retrieved 4 March 2011
- ↑ Hood Medal , accessed 4 March 2011
- ↑ Walker, Malcolm (2012). History of the Meteorological Office. Cambridge University Press. p. 310. ISBN 978-0-521-85985-1.
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