| 词条 | Robert Traill Omond |
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Robert Traill Omond FRSE LLD SMS (1858–1914) was a Scottish physicist, geologist and meteorologist who set up the Ben Nevis Observatory. LifeHe was born on 5 June 1858, the son of Mary Eliza Traill, daughter of Thomas Stewart Traill, and Dr Robert Omond (1806–1881) of 43 Charlotte Square in Edinburgh.[1] He was educated at the Collegiate School in Edinburgh then studied science at the University of Edinburgh. In 1883 he set up an observatory on Ben Nevis and served as its Superintendent 1883 to 1891 and as its honorary superintendent 1891 until death. In 1884 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Peter Guthrie Tait, Alexander Crum Brown, Alexander Buchan and Sir John Murray. He was awarded the Society's Keith Prize for the period 1889–1891. The University of Edinburgh awarded him an honorary doctorate (LLD) in 1913.[2] In later life he lived at 3 Church Hill in the Morningside area of Edinburgh.[3] He died on 27 January 1914. The entire Traill/Omond family are buried together in the southern section of St Cuthberts Chuchyard in Edinburgh, immediately below Edinburgh Castle. RecognitionWilliam Speirs Bruce named the meteorological station in Scotia Bay on Laurie Island Omond House in recognition of him, during his Antarctic expedition of 1902.[4] The building was officially opened on 1 April 1903 and was manned by Robert Mossman until 1905. The British government declined to accept responsibility for the long term maintenance and operation of the weather station and in was instead passed to the government of Argentina in 1906.[5]References1. ^Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1858-9 {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Omond, Robert Traill}}2. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf}} 3. ^Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1911–12 4. ^Exploring Polar Frontiers, by William J Mills 5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb15-robertmossman|title=Robert Mossman collection - Archives Hub|access-date=2018-07-28}} 11 : 1858 births|1914 deaths|People from Edinburgh|Scottish meteorologists|Alumni of the University of Edinburgh|Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|19th-century British physicists|19th-century Scottish scientists|19th-century geologists|Scottish geologists|Scottish physicists |
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