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]

From 1903 to 1943, he was the meteorological 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 meteorologists 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.^[1][5]