George Aubourne Clarke

George Aubourne Clarke FRPS FRMetS (1879 – 13 February 1949) was a Scottish meteorologist, best known for his photographs of cloud types.[1]

George Auborne Clarke by Elsie H. Anderson

From 1903 to 1943, he was the metereological observer at the Cromwell Tower Observatory at the University of Aberdeen.[2] While there he made photographs of clouds, which were published in a book that became the standard reference for metereologists and the military.[3]

He was awarded the first Hood medal from the Royal Photographic Society in 1933[4] for his work as a photographer.

He retired in 1947 and died two years later, aged 69.[5][1]

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
  1. "He Read the Secrets of the Clouds". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 14 February 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  2. History of the Cromwell Tower Observatory , accessed 4 March 2011
  3. Fluffy thinking , The Financial Times 3 February 2007, retrieved 4 March 2011
  4. Hood Medal Archived 30 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 4 March 2011
  5. Walker, Malcolm (2012). History of the Meteorological Office. Cambridge University Press. p. 310. ISBN 978-0-521-85985-1.


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