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Cleveland Abbe
Cleveland Abbe
American meteorologist and advocate of time zones (1838-1916).
Wikipedia | Cleveland Abbe
Statements about
Cleveland Abbe
Occupation
Astronomer
Meteorologist
Writer
Mathematician
Globe Maker
Meteorological Observer
Country of Citizenship
United States
Place of Birth
New York City
Date of Death
10/28/1916
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Most Precise Value
1916
Date of Birth
12/3/1838
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Most Precise Value
1838
Image
Instance Of
Human
Member Of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
(1879 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
Start Time
:
1879
International Meteorological Organization
(1894)
Point in Time
:
1894
American Philosophical Society
(1871 - )
Start Time
:
1871
Employer
10 items
University of Michigan
(1859)
Subject Has Role
:
Tutor
Point in Time
:
1859
United States Weather Bureau
(1891)
Position Held
:
Meteorologist
Point in Time
:
1891
Cincinnati Observatory
(1868 - 1873)
Position Held
:
Director
Start Time
:
1868
End Time
:
1873
United States Naval Observatory
(1867 - 1868)
Position Held
:
Assistant
Start Time
:
1867
End Time
:
1868
Pulkovo Observatory
(1864 - 1866)
Start Time
:
1864
End Time
:
1866
Michigan State University
(1859)
Subject Named As
:
Agricultural College of the State of Michigan
Position Held
:
Assistant Professor
Point in Time
:
1859
United States Army Signal Corps
(1871 - 1891)
Subject Named As
:
U.S. Signal Service
Position Held
:
Meteorologist
Start Time
:
1871
End Time
:
1891
University of the District of Columbia
(1896 - )
Position Held
:
Professor
Start Time
:
1896
Johns Hopkins University
(1896)
Position Held
:
Lecturer
Point in Time
:
1896
Trinity School
(1857 - 1858)
Start Time
:
1857
End Time
:
1858
Place of Burial
Rock Creek Cemetery
Burial Plot Reference
:
Section M, Lot 292, Range 5
Described by Source
14 items
Nordisk Familjebok
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q20645273
Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon
Volume
:
2. udgave, Bind I: A—Arbejdergilder, 1915
Page(s)
:
69
Reference URL
:
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Part Of
:
Project Runeberg
New Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q96139123
Library of the World's Best Literature
The Biographical Dictionary of America
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Abbe, Cleveland (Meteorologist)
Volume
:
1
Page(s)
:
21
American National Biography
Volume
:
1
Otto's Encyclopedia
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q23845126
1922 Encyclopædia Britannica
Statement Is Subject Of
:
1922 Encyclopædia Britannica/Abbe, Cleveland
The Encyclopedia Americana
Statement Is Subject Of
:
The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Abbe, Cleveland
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Abbe, Cleveland
Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Abbe, Cleveland
Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q106089187
Q133854920
Subject Named As
:
Cleveland Abbe
Page(s)
:
25
Section
:
Abbe, Cleveland
Given Name
Cleveland
Child
Cleveland Abbe, Jr.
Truman Abbe
Award Received
NAS Public Welfare Medal
(1916)
Award Rationale
:
For distinguished public service in establishing and organizing the Weather Service of the United States.
Point in Time
:
1916
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Symons Gold Medal
(1912)
Point in Time
:
1912
Legum Doctor
(1887)
Conferred By
:
University of Michigan
Series Ordinal
:
1
Point in Time
:
1887
Legum Doctor
(1896)
Conferred By
:
University of Glasgow
Series Ordinal
:
2
Point in Time
:
1896
Bachelor of Science
(1900)
Conferred By
:
Harvard University
Point in Time
:
1900
Educated At
City College of New York
(1857 - 1860)
Academic Degree
:
Bachelor of Arts
Academic Degree
:
Master of Arts
Start Time
:
1857
End Time
:
1860
Family Name
Abbe
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
English
Sex or Gender
Male
Writing Language
English
Father
George Waldo Abbe
Mother
Charlotte Colgate
Sibling
Robert Abbe
Helen Abbe
Participant In
International Meridian Conference
Medical Condition
Myopia
Place of Death
Chevy Chase Village
Academic Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
(1891)
Conferred By
:
City College of New York
Point in Time
:
1891
Number of Children
2
Residence
Cleveland Abbe House
(1877 - 1909)
Start Time
:
1877
End Time
:
1909
Work Location
Lansing
(1859)
Point in Time
:
1859
Affiliation
Smithsonian Meteorological Project
(1859)
Subject Has Role
:
Meteorological Observer
Point in Time
:
1859
External Pages About Cleveland Abbe
ISNI
Encyclopædia Britannica Online
U.S. National Archives
National Academy of Sciences Member
Wikidata
