1. Luke Howard was a British manufacturing chemist and an amateur meteorologist with broad interests in science.
24 Facts About Luke Howard
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Luke Howard's lasting contribution to science is a nomenclature system for clouds, which he proposed in an 1802 presentation to the Askesian Society.
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Luke Howard was baptized into the Plymouth Brethren in 1837 by Crewdson.
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Luke Howard died on 21 March 1864 at 7 Bruce Grove, Tottenham and is buried at Winchmore Hill Quaker Meeting House in Enfield, north London.
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Luke Howard operated the partnership's factory built on the marshes at Plaistow, to the east of London.
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The partnership was ended in 1807 and Luke Howard relocated his operations to Stratford East London.
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Luke Howard was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1821.
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In July 1838, Luke Howard became an honorary member of the Societe Francaise de Statistique Universelle, the society founded by M Cesar Moreau, of which the Royal Society was a member.
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Luke Howard spent the years 1824 to 1852 in Ackworth, Yorkshire.
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Luke Howard has been called "the father of meteorology" for his comprehensive recordings of weather in the London area from 1801 to 1841 and his writings, which transformed the science of meteorology.
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Luke Howard's system was similar to the recently popularized Linnaean classification system developed by taxonomist Carl von Linne.
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The drawings of clouds were Luke Howard's own, taken from the rigorous notes and watercolor sketches in Luke Howard's sketchbook.
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However, the landscapes were done by painter Edward Kennion, as Luke Howard had no formal artistic training.
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Luke Howard strongly believed that "cloud formation and destruction were visible signs of atmospheric processes and were based on the laws of physics".
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Luke Howard referred to cloud formation as "nubification", a term that was never popularized.
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Luke Howard had the same elementary knowledge of cloud physics as many other researchers at the time, including his close friend and chemist John Dalton.
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Primarily Luke Howard gave electricity too large a role in the formation of clouds.
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The knowledge Luke Howard had about cloud physics partially formed his motives for creating a classification system.
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Luke Howard published the first textbook in meteorology in 1837, Seven Lectures in Meteorology.
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Goethe wrote to Luke Howard, requesting Luke Howard's autobiography and process in developing his classification system.
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Luke Howard's work is rumored to have inspired Shelley's poem "The Cloud" and informed John Constable's paintings and studies of skies, in addition to the writings and art of John Ruskin, who used Luke Howard's cloud classification in his criticisms of landscape paintings in Modern Painters.
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Luke Howard appears in a novel by French writer Stephane Audeguy titled, La theorie des nuages, winner of the 2005 Prix de l'Academie.
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Luke Howard was actively involved in the development of a Tottenham religious meeting house with his son, John Eliot Luke Howard.
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Whilst Luke Howard's factory was located in Plaistow, he resided at The River House, 3, Blaker Road, Stratford.