Luke Howard

British manufacturing chemist (1772-1864)

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Born: 28 November 1772, London, England
Died: 21 March 1864 (aged 91), London, England
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Known for: Cloud nomenclature
Fields: Meteorology , chemistry , pharmaceuticals

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Instance of: human
Given name: Luke
Family name: Howard
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Place of birth: London
Place of death: Tottenham
Occupation: meteorologist
Languages spoken: English language
Award: Fellow of the Royal Society
Field of work: meteorology
Sport: Gaelic football
Image: Luke Howard.jpg
Residence: England

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member of: Royal Society
Commons category: Luke Howard
date of birth: 1772-11-28
date of death: 1864-03-21
writing language: English language

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Encyclopedic overview

Luke Howard FRS (28 November 1772 – 21 March 1864) was a British manufacturing chemist and an amateur meteorologist with broad interests in science. His lasting contribution to science is a nomenclature system for clouds, which he proposed in an 1802 presentation to the Askesian Society. Because of this, Howard is referred to as "The Godfather of Clouds", the "namer of the clouds", and the "father of meteorology".

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