Английская Википедия:Alexander Geddes (meteorologist)
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Alexander Ebenezer McLean Geddes OBE FRSE (8 February 1885-26 December1970) was a Scottish meteorologist and physicist. He was generally known as Sandy Geddes and nicknamed Siccer Sandy (mean Sandy).[1]
Life
He was born in Fordyce, Aberdeenshire on 8 February 1885 and educated at Fordyce Academy. He then attended the University of Aberdeen graduating with a MA in 1906. In 1908 he became an assistant lecturer at the university teaching natural philosophy (Physics). He received a doctorate (DSc) in 1913.
In the First World War he joined the Royal Flying Corps as a meteorologist[2] at the rank of Lieutenant.[3] He was transferred to the Royal Engineers and served in France and Belgium. He rose to the rank of Captain and was three times mentioned in dispatches. He was awarded a military OBE after the war.[4] In 1919 he returned to the University of Aberdeen as a lecturer.
In 1930 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Archibald Goldie, Sir Ernest Wedderburn, Arthur Crichton Mitchell, and Ralph Allan Sampson.[5]
In 1946 became a Reader. He retired in 1955, and in the same year the university granted him an honorary doctorate (LLD).
He died on 26 December 1970.
Publications
- Meteorology: An Introductory Treatise (1921)
References
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- People from Fordyce, Aberdeenshire
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