| 词条 | James Henry Coffin |
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|name = James Henry Coffin |image = |image_size = 200px |caption = |birth_date = September 6, 1806 |birth_place = Williamsburg, Massachusetts |death_date = {{d-da|February 6, 1873|September 6, 1806}} |death_place = |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = American |ethnicity = |field = Mathematics, meteorology |work_institutions = |alma_mater = |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for = Pioneer of wind theory; co-deducer of Buys Ballot's law (with William Ferrel)[1] |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |prizes = |religion = |footnotes = |signature = }}James Henry Coffin (September 6, 1806 – February 6, 1873) was an American mathematician and meteorologist.[2] BiographyLifeCoffin was born on September 6, 1806, in Williamsburg, Massachusetts. He was descended from Tristram Coffin, the first owner of Nantucket Island. Coffin was an orphan, and was raised by his uncle, the Reverend Moses Hallock.[3] He attended Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts, from where he graduated in 1828. He had a son, Seldon J. Coffin. He died in 1873 on February 6.[2] CareerAfter graduating from Amherst, Coffin became a teacher at various schools and colleges. His career in meteorology began in 1838. He worked at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, from 1840 to 1843, during which he installed an apparatus for detecting the wind's direction and velocity, atop Mount Greylock, the highest point in Massachusetts.[2] Together with William Ferrel, he deduced the Buys Ballot's law, which was named after the Dutch meteorologist C. H. D. Buys Ballot.[1] He collaborated on meteorological studies with the Smithsonian Institution beginning in 1846. That same year, he acquired a chair at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, in mathematics and natural philosophy, a position he held until his death.[2] Also, while at Lafayette, he served as treasurer to the board of trustees from 1863 to 1873.[4] References1. ^1 James Henry Coffin, American meteorologist Science Photo Library. {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Coffin, James Henry}}2. ^1 2 3 James Henry Coffin at the SIA archives. 3. ^Memoir of James Henry Coffin, 1806–1873. A. Guyot, 1874. 4. ^{{cite book|last1=Skillman|first1=David Bishop|title=The Biography of a College: Being the History of the First Century of the Life of Lafayette College|date=1932|publisher=Lafayette College|location=Easton, Pennsylvania|accessdate=19 February 2018}} 8 : 1806 births|1873 deaths|People from Williamsburg, Massachusetts|American people of English descent|19th-century American mathematicians|American meteorologists|Lafayette College faculty|Lafayette College trustees |
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