Sir William Napier Shaw FRS (4 March 1854 – 23 March 1945) was a British meteorologist. He introduced the tephigram, a diagram for evaluating convective...
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with that name Napier baronets, five baronetcies and lists of the title holders Napier Shaw (1854–1945), British meteorologist Napier Waller (1893–1972)...
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and Arthur Berson, Germany 1913 – Hugo Hergesell, Germany 1923 – Sir Napier Shaw, United Kingdom 1933 – Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norway 1948 – Sverre Petterssen...
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Alan William Napier-Clavering (7 January 1903 – 8 August 1988), better known as Alan Napier, was an English actor. After a decade in West End theatre,...
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Shaw (1872–1927), Marine Corps Brevet Medal recipient Michael Shaw (disambiguation), multiple people Naman Shaw, Indian television actor Napier Shaw (1854–1945)...
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Napier Shaw's invitation to join him as part-time professor of meteorology at the Imperial College, London. After the retirement of Sir Napier Shaw,...
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H. Asquith, William Christie (the Astronomer Royal), George Darwin, Napier Shaw (director of the Meteorological Office), many agricultural organizations...
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the atmosphere: a numerical experiment," was recognized with the first Napier Shaw Memorial Prize from the Royal Meteorological Society. Phillips was elected...
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Satellite instrument test-bed; Campaigns in the UK and abroad. Sir William Napier Shaw 1905–1920 Sir Graham Sutton 1954–1965 Sir Basil John Mason 1965–1983...
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indicate the winds at different heights. The tephigram was invented by Napier Shaw in 1915 and is used primarily in the United Kingdom and Canada. Other...
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(Russia), 1879 – 1896 Éleuthère Mascart (France), 1896 – 1907 William Napier Shaw (U.K.), 1907 – 1923 Ewoud van Everdingen (Netherlands), 1923 – 1935 Theodor...
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American cryptologist. Undated – Lyn Evans, Welsh physicist. March 23 – Sir Napier Shaw (born 1854), English meteorologist. April 22 – Wilhelm Cauer (born 1900)...
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fighter pilot Eugène Ruffy, Director Universal Postal Union William Napier Shaw, President World Meteorological Organization Albert Thomas, Director...
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(died 1929), Dutch physician and women's suffrage activist. March 4 – Napier Shaw (died 1945), English meteorologist. March 15 – Emil Adolf von Behring...
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Greenhill previously Professor of Mathematics, Manchester University Dr Napier Shaw Director of the Meteorological Office Horace Darwin precision instrument-making...
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Philip Cave, first time 1915–1917: Sir Henry George Lyons 1918–1919: Sir Napier Shaw 1920–1921: Reginald Hawthorn Hooker 1922–1923: Charles Chree 1924–1925:...
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1851 – Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (d. 1911) 1854 – Napier Shaw, English meteorologist and academic (d. 1945) 1856 – Alfred William Rich...
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Hooker 1903 Yves Guyot 1904 D. A. Thomas 1905 R. Henry Rew 1906 W. Napier Shaw 1907 Noel A. Humphreys 1909 Edward Brabrook 1910 G. H. Wood 1913 Reginald...
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William Napier, referring to Shaw Kennedy, said that, "He is, perhaps, with the exception of Lord Seaton, the very ablest officer in the service". Shaw Kennedy...
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meteorograph for use with balloons. He also produced, in conjunction with Dr. Napier Shaw, the microbarograph and a recording mercury barometer, as well as various...
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John Wilhelm von Bezold used concept of equivalent temperature 1926 Sir Napier Shaw introduced tephigram 1933 Tor Bergeron published paper on "Physics of...
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the University of Paris. He worked with world-renowned meteorologist Napier Shaw. He returned to Greece where he spent most of his life working in academic...
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1910: George Walter Prothero, British writer and historian 1909: Sir Napier Shaw, British meteorologist 1907: James Bryce, British historian, statesman...
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John Axel Frey Samsioe Pio Scatizzi Clément Servais Francesco Severi Napier Shaw William Fleetwood Sheppard James Alexander Shohat Wacław Sierpiński Ludwik...
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(1840–1917) John Edward Marr (1857–1933) Ludwig Mond (1839–1909) Sir William Napier Shaw (1854–1945) Silvanus Phillips Thompson (1851–1916) Thomas Henry Tizard...
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of expert, volunteer scientists studying air pollution of which Sir Napier Shaw, first director of the Met Office, was chair. The first scientific paper...
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Mill 1916 ? 1914 William Henry Dines 1912 Cleveland Abbe 1910 William Napier Shaw 1908 Léon Teisserenc de Bort 1906 Sir Richard Strachey 1904 Julius Hann...
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James Marshall Napier (22 October 1951 – 14 August 2022) was a New Zealand-born character actor, playwright and graphic artist. He is known for a succession...
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Irish physician and environmental engineer John Switzer Owens and Sir Napier Shaw, linked to the Met Office, who greatly advanced the systematic study...
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Bennett Marco, a tenacious, virtuous soldier; Liev Schreiber as Raymond Shaw, a U.S. Representative from New York, manipulated into becoming a vice-presidential...
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