Cause of death Suicide Died 1966 Name Eric Eady | Occupation Meteorology Nationality British | |
Known for Eady Model of Baroclinic instability | ||
Alma mater Imperial College London | ||
Eric Thomas Eady (5 September 1915 – 26 March 1966) was a British meteorology researcher and author of the Eady Model of baroclinic instability, which give rise to weather systems.
Eady was born in Ealing and attended Ealing county grammar school. He earned a scholarship to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he received a BSc in mathematics in 1935. In 1937 he became a weather forecaster in the UK Meteorological Office. In 1946, he resigned from the office to started a PhD in mathematics at Imperial College London. His 1948 thesis was The theory of development in dynamical meteorology, which was an early work on atmospheric instability and the development of weather systems.
Eady widened his interests to include oceanography, but eventually became depressed by his career and isolated himself from his social circle. In 1966, he died at Royal Surrey County Hospital, age 50, after an overdose of sleeping pills.