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Biographical entry Quayle, Edwin Thomas (1862 - 1955)
- Born
- 1862
Amphitheatre, near Avoca, Victoria, Australia - Died
- October 1955
- Occupation
- Meteorologist
Summary
Edwin Thomas Quayle worked for the Melbourne Observatory, 1890-1908, and the Bureau of Meteorology, 1908-1924, publishing on long-range forecasting and investigating the climate relationships later known as the Southern Oscillation Index.
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Events
- 1890 - 1908
- Career position - Worked at the Melbourne Observatory
- 1908 - 1924
- Career position - Joined the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology
- 1913
- Career position - Climate and Weather of Australia - the first text-book on Australian meteorology - co-authored with H. A. Hunt and T. Griffith Taylor
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Linforth, Don, 'Edwin Thomas Quayle - Bureau Research Pioneer', Weather News, vol. 315, April 1997, 1997, pp. 28-29. Details
- Whitaker, Richard, 'Quayle and the 'inland lakes' controversy', Weather News, vol. 319, August 1998, 1998, pp. 38-39. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Quayle, E T', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-551756. Details
See also
- Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/scripts/fam-dynindex.php3?EID=P003296. Details
Helen Morgan
Created: 10 May 2001, Last modified: 25 August 2006
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