meteorology

I think this is he: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Park_Finley

John Park Finley (April 11, 1854 - November 24, 1943) was an American meteorologist and Army Signal Service officer who was the first person to study tornadoes intensively. He also wrote the first known book on the subject as well as many other manuals and booklets, collected vast climatological data, setup a nationwide weather observer network, started one of the first private weather enterprises, and opened an early aviation weather school.

Ford Ashman Carpenter (1868 - 1947), meteorologist, aeronaut, author, and photographer socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/ark:/99166/w67101pq www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=116239785 The Bemidji daily pioneer., December 06, 1919, Page 2 (and other newspapers) printed this photo, s. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063381/1919-12-06/ed-...

The Bemidji daily pioneer caption: "HAS UNIQUE JOB Dr. Ford A. Carpenter of Los Angeles has the distinction of filling the only position of its kind in the United States. He is head of the newly established department of meteorology and aeronautics in the Los Angeles chamber of commerce. He resigned after 31 years in the government weather bureau service to apply his knowledge of climatic conditions to the better development of agriculture, horticulture and aerial navi gation, through practical application of established facts of atmospheric conditions. In engaging Doctor Carpenter to head its new department, the chamber becomes active in the development of aerial navigation. Climatic conditions in southern California are such that it is believed that that section of the country will equal any in transportation by air. The new department will co-operate with the two government aviation fields and the balloon school that are situated in the vicinity of Los Angeles."

Something very interesting! Rescue of Historical Ship Logbooks Clement Wragge (1892 – 1903) • Clement Wragge, known for his "mop of flaming red hair and explosive temper to match”, was the first person to produce weather forecasts in Australia. • 1887-1902: He was appointed Government Meteorologist in Queensland. • By 1893 Wragge had established 97 meteorological stations and 398 rain gauge stations throughout Queensland and in the Pacific region. • He was the first person to introduce the naming of storms and cyclones. His original idea was to name them after the names of ‘annoying’ politicians. • Wragge collected extracts of ship logbooks which have been archived at the National Archives in Brisbane. • I photographed more than 8,000 extracts which cover the period from 1892-1903 and most of them have been digitised as part of the Weather Detective project. Source: ensembles-eu.metoffice.gov.uk/C3S-DR/pages/workshop_mater...