Francis Albert Rollo Russell was an English meteorologist and scientific writer.
18 Facts About Rollo Russell
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Rollo Russell was the third son of then-serving Prime Minister Lord John Russell and was the uncle of Bertrand Russell.
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Rollo Russell's mother was Lord Russell's second wife, Lady Frances.
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Rollo Russell was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and graduated with distinction in natural science in 1872.
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Rollo Russell worked as clerk for the British Foreign Office.
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Rollo Russell suffered from poor eyesight, resigned from the British Civil Service in 1888 and took up scientific writing.
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Rollo Russell married Alice Sophia Godfrey in 1885; they had a son Arthur.
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Rollo Russell died within a year and Russell married Gertrude Ellen Cornelia Joachim in 1891.
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Rollo Russell was a Unitarian and a founding member of the Unitarian Christian Church in Richmond, in 1888.
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Bertrand Russell in his autobiography noted that Rollo Russell stimulated his scientific interests.
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Rollo Russell is buried in the churchyard at Steep, Hampshire.
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Rollo Russell contributed to the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society and Symon's Meteorological Magazine.
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Rollo Russell authored an influential pamphlet London Fogs, in 1880, in which he argued that "smoke in London has continued probably for many years to shorten the lives of thousands".
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Rollo Russell became a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society in 1868.
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Rollo Russell co-authored an important meteorological paper on the global effects of the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa.
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Rollo Russell argued from medical literature and statistical data that cancer is prevalent in communities where meat, alcohol, coffee and tea are excessively consumed.
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Rollo Russell recommended that governments should educate the public in restricting the consumption of these products as they increase the occurrence of cancer.
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Rollo Russell found that the monks had a lower rate of cancer mortality compared to the general population and this confirmed the health benefits of a vegetarian diet.