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Robert Mossman

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34: 126:. Three Argentine meteorologists were collected and delivered to serve under Mossman in February 1904. They remained under his charge until February 1905 when Mossman left them to run the station without him. He then joined the Argentine boat 274: 430: 25:(1870–1940) was a British meteorologist and polar explorer who served on the Scottish Antarctic Expedition of 1903/4. He lived at 10 Blackett Place, Edinburgh. See 1881 census. 425: 302: 142:
ongoing expedition. After a three-year trip he briefly returned to Britain in 1905 before joining a further expedition, this time to the Arctic regions of
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brought about a lifelong interest in meteorology and he began taking private measurements and compiling complex records in 1886 aged only 16.
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Although only an amateur he impressed the Edinburgh scientific world sufficiently such that in 1891 he was elected a Fellow of the
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Despite lacking formal training he was a keen amateur meteorologist and was chosen to man the
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in 1895/6. In 1902 he was chosen to join the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under
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Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002
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In 1905 the Royal Scottish Geographical Society awarded him their gold medal.
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merchant. The family lived at 10 Panmure Place. Robert was educated at the
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Meteorological Office (including the men he had previously worked with).
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In 1907 he married Sarah W. Limont, daughter of Rev W, Limont of
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Meteorological Phenomena in London with Different Winds 1763-1897
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He was born on 7 November 1870 to James Mossman, an
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People educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh
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Rear view of a three-masted sailing ship with all sails furled, lying in an ice-covered sea.
Laurie Island
Edinburgh
Royal High School
Alexander Buchan
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Sir John Murray
Alexander Buchan
John McLaren, Lord McLaren
Hugh Robert Mill
Keith Prize
Glen Coe
Ben Nevis
William Spiers Bruce
Scotia
Harvey Pirie
Laurie Island
South Orkneys
Robert Traill Omond
Argentina
Gerlache Strait
Graham Land
Dr Charcot's
Greenland
Spitzbergen
South America
Argentine
Buenos Aires
Alnwick

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