Tempest Anderson was an ophthalmic surgeon at York County Hospital in the United Kingdom, and an expert amateur photographer and volcanologist.
14 Facts About Tempest Anderson
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Tempest Anderson was a member of the Royal Society Commission which was appointed to investigate the aftermath of the eruptions of La Soufriere volcano, St Vincent and Mont Pelee, Martinique, West Indies which both erupted in May 1902.
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Tempest Anderson was born in York, was schooled at St Peter's School, York, and studied medicine at the University of London.
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Tempest Anderson's father was William Charles Anderson, surgeon and Sheriff of York.
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In 1904 Anderson received an honorary degree of DSc from the University of Leeds for his work on volcanoes.
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Tempest Anderson lived at the family home of 17 Stonegate in the centre of York, and at 23 Stonegate, which is the home to the York Medical Society.
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Tempest Anderson built a pair of houses on the road now known as Moorgate, on land purchased from the Holgate Garden Society.
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In 1911 Tempest Anderson was made one of the vice-presidents of the Old Peterite Club at St Peter's School, York.
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Tempest Anderson was one of the five original Trustees of the Percy Sladen Memorial Trust.
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Tempest Anderson was President of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, and in 1912 he presented the society with a 300-seat lecture theatre attached to the Yorkshire Museum in York Museum Gardens.
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Tempest Anderson died on board ship on the Red Sea while returning from visiting the volcanoes of Indonesia and the Philippines.
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Tempest Anderson bequeathed a substantial sum to the Yorkshire Museum.
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Tempest Anderson held Telephone Number "1" in the first York Telephone Directory in 1891, published by the "National Telephone Company".
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Tempest Anderson travelled to Mexico to attend the 10th Congres Geologique International before sailing by mail steamer to Guatemala to study the effects of the 1902 earthquake.