Person
Quayle, Edwin Thomas (1862 - 1955)
- Born
- 1862
Amphitheatre, near Avoca, Victoria, Australia - Died
- October 1955
- Occupation
- Meteorologist
Summary
Edwin 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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Chronology
- 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
- Anon, 'Mr E. T. Quayle B.A.', Australian Meteorological Magazine, 12 (1956), 84-5. Details
- Linforth, Don, 'Edwin Thomas Quayle - Bureau Research Pioneer', Weather News, 315 (April 1997) (1997), 28-29. Details
- Whitaker, Richard, 'Quayle and the 'inland lakes' controversy', Weather News, 319 (August 1998) (1998), 38-39. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q56826666. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/285395013. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/265150565709506251645. Details
- 'Quayle, E T (1862-19551031)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-551756. Details
See also
- Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/index_q.html. Details
Helen Morgan
Created: 10 May 2001, Last modified: 13 February 2018
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