Ernest Gold (meteorologist)

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Ernest Gold
Born24 July 1881 
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1919)
  • Companion of the Order of the Bath (1942)
  • Distinguished Service Order (1916)
  • International Meteorological Organization Prize (1958)
  • Symons Gold Medal (1926) Edit this on Wikidata
    • Mason University College, now the University of Birmingham

    Ernest Gold

    OBE FRS[1] (24 July 1881 – 30 January 1976) was a British meteorologist.[2][3][4]

    He was born at Berkswell, near Coventry and educated at

    Mason University College (which later became the University of Birmingham)[5] and St John's College, Cambridge.[6]

    Gold set up the first operational (military) meteorological service and demonstrated the vital role of meteorologists to the military hierarchy. He was mentioned in dispatches and was awarded the DSO and OBE and rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Gold oversaw not only the creation of an operational weather service but also the development of international aviation services, becoming President of the Commission for Synoptic Weather Information of the International Meteorological Organization (now the World Meteorological Organization).

    In 1919 he became deputy director of the Meteorological Office.[7]

    He was President of the Royal Meteorological Society for 1934–35.[8]

    Honours and awards

    References

    1. S2CID 73286370
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    2. doi:10.1002/qj.49710243425
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    3. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31155. (Subscription or UK public library membership
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    4. ^ ‘GOLD, Ernest’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U154896 (subscription required)
    5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
    6. ^ "Gold, Ernest (GLT900E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
    7. ^ http://www.rmets.org/sites/default/files/hist08.pdf [bare URL PDF]
    8. ^ a b c d "Fellows Details". Royal Society. Retrieved 9 December 2015.[permanent dead link]
    9. ^ "The Observatory". 49. 1926: 53. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
    10. ^ "Winners of the IMO Prize". World Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.

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