Scottish Meteorological Society
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The Scottish Meteorological Society was founded in 1855 with private funding, particularly from wealthy landowners who wished to compile meteorological records in order to improve agriculture.
The Society founded the observatory on Ben Nevis
, officially opened in 1883.
In 1921, the Society amalgamated with the Royal Meteorological Society
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The Society founded the observatory on Ben Nevis
Ben Nevis
Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the British Isles. It is located at the western end of the Grampian Mountains in the Lochaber area of the Scottish Highlands, close to the town of Fort William....
, officially opened in 1883.
In 1921, the Society amalgamated with the Royal Meteorological Society
Royal Meteorological Society
The Royal Meteorological Society traces its origins back to 3 April 1850 when the British Meteorological Society was formed as a society the objects of which should be the advancement and extension of meteorological science by determining the laws of climate and of meteorological phenomena in general...
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Publications
- Journal of the Scottish Meteorological Society, Volume 1 (1864) - Volume 18 (1917/19)
Notable members
- W S Bruce
- Alexander BuchanAlexander Buchan (meteorologist)Alexander Buchan FRS FRSE was a Scottish meteorologist, oceanographer and botanist, credited with establishing the weather map as the basis of weather forecasting...
, credited with establishing the weather map as the basis of weather forecasting - David Milne-HomeDavid Milne-HomeDavid Milne-Home FRSE was a Scottish advocate, geologist and meteorologist....
, chairman of the Council of the Society - Cargill Gilston KnottCargill Gilston KnottCargill Gilston Knott was a Scottish physicist and mathematician who was a pioneer in seismological research. He spent his early career in Japan...
, President of the Society - John MurrayJohn Murray (oceanographer)Sir John Murray KCB FRS FRSE FRSGS was a pioneering Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist.-Early life:...
, oceanographer - Robert Traill Omond, first Superintendent of the Ben Nevis observatory
- Dr James Stark, first Secretary of the Society
- Thomas StevensonThomas StevensonThomas Stevenson PRSE MInstCE FRSSA FSAScot was a pioneering Scottish lighthouse designer and meteorologist, who designed over thirty lighthouses in and around Scotland, as well as the Stevenson screen used in meteorology...
, co-founder and seceretary - Charles Thomson Rees WilsonCharles Thomson Rees WilsonCharles Thomson Rees Wilson, CH, FRS was a Scottish physicist and meteorologist who received the Nobel Prize in physics for his invention of the cloud chamber.- Biography:...
- Clement Lindley WraggeClement Lindley WraggeClement Lindley Wragge was a meteorologist born in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England. After training in law, Wragge became renowned in the field of meteorology, winning the Scottish Meteorological Society's Gold Medal and starting the trend of using people's names for cyclones...
, awarded the Society's Gold Medal