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Quayle, Edwin Thomas (1862 - 1955)

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Meteorologist

Born: 1862 Amphitheatre, near Avoca, Victoria, Australia. Died: October 1955.

Edwin Thomas Quayle worked for the Melbourne Observatory, 1890-1908, and the Bureau of Meteorology, 1908-1924, publishing on long-range forecasting and investigating the climate relationships later known as the Southern Oscillation Index.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1890 - 1908 Worked at the Melbourne Observatory
1908 - 1924 Joined the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology
1913 Climate and Weather of Australia - the first text-book on Australian meteorology - co-authored with H. A. Hunt and T. Griffith Taylor

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See Also

Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/scripts/fam-dynindex.php3?EID=P003296. [ Details ]

Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.

Prepared by: Helen Morgan
Created: 10 May 2001
Modified: 25 August 2006

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