William Henry Dines
William Henry Dines | |
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Born | 5 August 1855 |
Died | 24 December 1927 | (aged 72)
Nationality | English |
Awards | Symons Gold Medal (1914) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | meteorology |
William Henry Dines BA FRS (5 August 1855 – 24 December 1927)[1] was an English meteorologist.
Dines was born in London, the son of George Dines,[2] also a meteorologist. He was educated at Woodcote House School, Windlesham, and afterwards entered Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he obtained a first-class in the mathematical tripos in 1881.[3] He afterwards carried out investigations for the Royal Meteorological Society on the subject of wind forces, and in connexion with this work designed the Dines pressure-tube anemometer.[4]
In 1901 he commenced researches into the problems of the upper air, and designed or perfected several instruments for use with kites, as well as a form of the
He lived at Pyrton House near Watlington from 1906 to 1913, and at Colne House at Benson from 1913 to 1927. He is remembered in Benson by an Oxfordshire Blue Plaque.[5]
Dines was the father of
References
- ^ a b c M.E. Crewe. "The Met Office Grows Up: In War and Peace" (PDF). Royal Meteorological Society.
- ^ "Dines, William (1855-1927)". Archives in London and the M25 area.
- ^ "Dines, William Henry (DNS877WH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- doi:10.1038/121065a0.
- ^ Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Scheme: William Henry Dines
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). "Dines, William Henry". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 30 (12th ed.). London & New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company. pp. 839–840.