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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-10 human Helen Morgan updated 2025-08-27 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003319b.htm person Warren Herbert Norman OBE AACR2 6 April 1888 5 August 1950 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Science administrator Herbert Warren was Director, Bureau of Meteorology, from 1940 until his death in 1950. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

Born 6 April 1888. Died 5 August 1950. OBE. Educated University of Melbourne. Joined Electoral Branch of Department of Home Affairs, Victoria, 1914. Senior Clerk Electoral and Service Branches, Tasmania, 1919. In 1924 transferred to Commonwealth Public Service Board for special duties in connection with classification and organisation of Commonwealth departments. Appointed Commonwealth Electoral Officer for Tasmania in 1934 and also Public Service Inspector.

Warren was Public Service Inspector for Tasmania before being appointed as Assistant Director of the Bureau in 1938 and shortly thereafter as Director of Meteorology. Almost immediately, as Group Captain Warren, he was called on to manage the transformation of the Bureau into the RAAF Meteorological Service. After return of the Bureau to civilian status in 1946, he became deeply involved in international meteorology, chairing the committee which drafted the final text of the WMO Convention in Washington DC in October 1947. He died in office on his way home from a session of the WMO Executive Committee in August 1950. A Hundred Years of Science and Service, Bureau of Meteorology, 2001.

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 'Warren, Herbert Norman', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Warren, Herbert Norman Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: H. N. Warren - obituary Johnson, N. K. H. N. Warren - obituary 1950 The Meteorological Magazine 79 303-304 Book: Weather watchers: 100 years of the Bureau of Meteorology Day, David Weather watchers: 100 years of the Bureau of Meteorology Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press 2007 Journal Article: The Australian role in 150 years of international cooperation in meteorology Zillman, John The Australian role in 150 years of international cooperation in meteorology 2023 Australian physics 60 2 17-22 Resource: Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Federation and Meteorology 2001 Herbert Norman Warren Herbert Norman Warren

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