Abbe, Cleveland, 1838-1916

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1838-1916

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Astronomer and meteorologist.

From the description of Cleveland Abbe papers, 1850-1954 (bulk 1850-1916). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130912

Meteorologist.

From the description of Cleveland Abbe papers, 1892-1906. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70939748

Biographical Note: Cleveland Abbe, astronomer and meteorologist, was the first, regular, official weather forecaster of the U.S. government and was an avid supporter of research in atmospheric physics.

He was born in 1838 in New York city. Abbe was a graduate of City College of New York, 1857; and spent 1864-1866 at Pulkov, Russia with astronomer, Otto Struve. A national weather service was authorized in 1870 and Abbe devoted the rest of his career to that service. Abbe arranged with Daniel Coit Gilman to establish a course of study in Meteorology at the JHU. Abbe lectured on Climatology and gave his private library of 2500 volumes to the JHU in 1898. Cleveland Abbe died in Washington D.C. in 1916.

From the description of Cleveland Abbe papers, 1851-1952. (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 48394883

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1838, Dec. 2 Born, New York, N.Y. 1857 B.A., College of the City of New York, New York, N.Y. 1859 1860 Taught engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Studied astronomy under Franz Brünnow 1860 M.A., College of the City of New York, New York, N.Y. 1861 1864 Assisted Benjamin Apthorp Gould on longitude determinations for the United States Coast Survey 1864 1866 Guest astronomer, Observatory of Pulkovo, Russia 1867 1868 Aid, United States Naval Observatory 1868 1873 Director, Cincinnati Observatory, Cincinnati, Ohio 1869 Began publishing daily weather reports for the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce 1870 Married Frances Martha Neal (died 1908) 1871 1916 Meteorologist, United States Signal Corps and the United States Weather Bureau 1884 1916 Professor of meteorology, Columbian (George Washington) University, Washington, D.C. 1895 1916 Lecturer on meteorology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. 1906 Awarded the Franklin Medal by the American Philosophical Society 1909 Married Margaret Augusta Percival 1912 Awarded the Symons Memorial Gold Medal by the Royal Meteorological Society of London 1916 Awarded the Marcellus Hartley Medal by the National Academy of Sciences 1916, Oct. 24 Died, Washington, D.C. From the guide to the Cleveland Abbe Papers, 1850-1954, (bulk 1850-1916), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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