Francis John Welsh Whipple
Francis John Welsh Whipple (1876-1943) was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He worked as a mathematics teacher at his old school, 1899-1914, before becoming Superintendent of Instruments at the Meteorological Office, Kew Observatory, in 1914. He was Superintendent at the observatory, 1925-1939, and served as the President of the Royal Meteorological Society, 1936-1938.
The collection also contains correspondence of John Welsh (1824-1859), Fellow of the Royal Society, and Superintendent of Kew Observatory, 1852-1859, who was the godfather of G.M. Whipple (1842-1893), father of F.J.W. Whipple.
From the guide to the Francis John Welsh Whipple: Notes and Papers, 1844-1943, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)
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associatedWith | Blakiston Thomas fl 1857 | person |
associatedWith | Bragg William Henry 1862-1942 | person |
associatedWith | Brisbane Thomas Makdougall- 1773-1860 | person |
associatedWith | Broun John Allan 1817-1879 | person |
associatedWith | Chaundy Theodore William 1889-1971 | person |
associatedWith | Richardson Lewis Fry 1881-1953 | person |
associatedWith | Smith Frank fl 1937 | person |
associatedWith | Welsh John 1824-1859 | person |
associatedWith | West Gilbert D fl 1919-1922 | person |
associatedWith | Whipple Francis John Welsh 1876-1943 | person |
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