Archibald Goldie (meteorologist)

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Goldie's house at 6 Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh
The grave of Archibald H. R. Goldie, Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh

Dr Archibald Hayman Robertson Goldie CBE

FRSE FRMS (usually referred to simply as A. H. R. Goldie in references) (1888-1964) was a Scottish meteorologist. He was Assistant Director at the London Meteorological Office 1938-1953. He researched the global circulation of air currents at high level and atmospheric turbulence affecting aircraft. He did much research on vapour trails from aircraft, and published several papers on how to avoid such in a military context.[1] He was also one of the first scientists to explain the scintillation (twinkling) of stars at night.[2]

Life

He was born in .. the son of Rev Andrew Goldie (1854-1933), minister of

Cambridge University graduating MA in 1913. He immediately began training as a weather forecaster, training first at Falmouth
Observatory.

He was elected a Fellow of the

St Andrews University awarded him a doctorate in 1936 (DSc).[3]
In 1951 he was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for service in the Meteorological Office.

Through the 1950s he served on the government’s Atmospheric Pollution Committee[4] which brought around the evolution of the Clean Air Act and various early atmospheric pollution controls, largely aimed at eliminating smog.

He died in

Grange Cemetery
on the east side of the south-west extension. The Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society published his obituary in July 1964.[5]

War service

He served as a Major in the

Mentioned in Dispatches.[6]

In the

D-Day landings
.

Family

He married twice: firstly in 1928 to Marion Nairne Wilson (d.1948); and secondly in 1952 to Helen Carruthers. At the time of his first marriage he lived at 6 Drumsheugh Gardens in Edinburgh’s West End.[7]

References

  1. ^ "RSE Obituary". www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk.
  2. S2CID 4196182
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  3. ^ "Microsoft Word - oldfells_list_jun06.doc" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  4. ^ "ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION COMMITTEE (Hansard, 12 February 1953)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 12 February 1953.
  5. doi:10.1002/qj.49709038534
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  6. ^ "Article" (PDF). www.thegazette.co.uk.
  7. ^ "Edinburgh Mathematical Society members 1929". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
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