The Biographical Dictionary of America/Abbe, Cleveland (meteorologist)

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ABBE, Cleveland, meteorologist, was born in New York city, Dec. 3. 1838; son of George Waldo Abbey. He was graduated at the College of the City of New York, A.B., 1857, A.M., 1860; was assistant professor in Michigan Agricultural college in 1859, and also a tutor in the University of Michigan. He was assistant to B. A. Gould in the U.S. Coast and geodetic survey, 1860-64, at the same time studying astronomy, and made further investigations in the Nicholas Central Observatory at Pulkowa, Russia, 1864-66. He was an assistant at the U.S. naval observatory, 1867-68, and director of the Cincinnati observatory, 1868-73, where he established a set of daily weather reports for the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce. He served as meteorologist of the U.S. signal service, 1871-91: of the U.S. weather bureau from 1891, and was professor of meteorology in Columbian university, Washington. D.C., from 1896. He attended the International meridian conference in Washington in 1884; the International meteorological conference in Munich in 1894, and was a lecturer in Johns Hopkins university from 1896. He also originated the system of standard time adopted by the United States. He became a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and received the degree LL.D. from the University of Michigan in 1887, and from the University of Glasgow in 1896; Ph.D. from the University of the City of New York in 1891, and S.B. from Harvard in 1900. He edited the Monthly Weather Review and published "Solar Spots and Terrestrial Temperature" (1867); "Dorpat and Poulkova" (1868); "Annual Reports of Progress in Meteorology" (1872-89); "Observations of Coggia's Comet" (1874); "A Treatise on Meteorological Apparatus" 1887); "Preparatory Studies of Deductive Methods in Meteorology" (1887); "A plea for Terrestrial Physics" (1891); "Atmospheric Radiation" (1892) and various reports.