Nationality United Kingdom Known for Millibar Tephigram Fields Meteorology | Name Napier Shaw Notable awards Royal Medal Role Meteorologist | |
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Died March 23, 1945, London, United Kingdom Books The Drama of Weather | ||
Education University of Cambridge | ||
Sir William Napier Shaw FRS, (March 4, 1854 – March 23, 1945), was a British meteorologist. He introduced the air pressure unit millibar, as well as the tephigram, a diagram of temperature changes.
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Biography
Shaw was born in Birmingham and studied at the University of Berlin and the University of Cambridge. At the latter institution, he later, between 1877 and 1906, taught physics.
In 1891, he was elected to the Royal Society.
In 1915, he developed the tephigram. Shaw also studied air pollution, publishing his book The Smoke Problem of Great Cities in 1925.
Shaw died in London.
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