Cleveland Abbe, Jr.
| Cleveland Abbe, Jr. | |
|---|---|
 Abbe at age 25 | |
| Born |
March 25, 1872 Washington, D.C. |
| Died |
April 19, 1934 (aged 62) Ithaca, New York |
| Employer | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| Parent(s) | Cleveland Abbe, Sr. |
| Relatives | Truman Abbe, brother |
Cleveland Abbe, Jr. (March 25, 1872 – April 19, 1934) was an American geographer.[1]
Biography
He was born in Washington, D.C. on March 25, 1872. He graduated from Harvard University in 1894.[2] He took post-graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University, from which he received a Ph.D. in 1898. From 1901 to 1903 he studied geography at the Imperial University, Vienna.[3]
Afterwards, he worked in various occupations at locations in the eastern part of the United States. He was assistant editor of the Monthly Weather Review from 1908 to 1910, then became assistant librarian of the United States Weather Bureau.[3] He was dismissed from the government position in 1918 for "sympathies for the Imperial German Government", a charge which he "indignantly denied".[4]
He died of heart disease in Ithaca, New York, at age 62, on April 19, 1934.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Cleveland Abbe Jr. Dies In Ithaca At 62. Scientist and Editor, He Was in United States Weather Service and Taught Here". New York Times. 1934-04-20.
- ↑ Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson, eds. (1908), Who's who in America 5, Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, Incorporated, p. 1.
- 1 2 "Cleveland Abbe, Jr.". Encyclopedia Americana. 1918. volume 1, p. 12.
American geographer and geologist, son of Cleveland Abbe: b. Washington, D. C, 25 March 1872. After graduating from Harvard University in 1894 he took up a post-graduate course at Johns Hopkins University, receiving his degree of Ph.D. in 1898. In 1894, on graduating from Harvard, he was appointed instructor in physiography at the Corcoran Scientific School of Columbian, now George Washington University, which position he held until 1897. ...
- ↑ "Abbe Dismissed For Pro-Germanism. Government Weather Editor Protests He Is Innocent and Demands a Hearing". New York Times. 1918-07-09.
Official correspondence made public today disclosed that Cleveland Abbe. Jr. editor of The Monthly Weather Review, recently dropped from the Government service, was dismissed because of 'his well known sympathies for the Imperial German Government.' ...
|