Scottish Meteorological Society
Climate and Meteorological society
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The Scottish Meteorological Society was founded in 1855 by David Milne-Home with private funding, particularly from wealthy landowners who wished to compile meteorological records in order to improve agriculture.[1]
The Society founded the observatory on Ben Nevis, officially opened in 1883.[2]
In 1921, the Society amalgamated with the Royal Meteorological Society.
Publications
- Journal of the Scottish Meteorological Society, Volume 1 (1864) - Volume 18 (1917/19)
Notable members
- W S Bruce
- Alexander Buchan, credited with establishing the weather map as the basis of weather forecasting
- David Milne-Home, chairman of the Council of the Society
- Cargill Gilston Knott, President of the Society
- John Murray, oceanographer
- Robert Traill Omond, first Superintendent of the Ben Nevis observatory
- Dr James Stark, first Secretary of the Society
- Thomas Stevenson, co-founder and secretary
- Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
- Clement Lindley Wragge, awarded the Society's Gold Medal