Napier Shaw

Napier Shaw
Born	March 04, 1854 Birmingham, England, UK
Died	March 23, 1945 London
Nationality	United Kingdom
Fields	Meteorologist
Known for	Millibar Tephigram

Sir William Napier Shaw FRS, (March 4, 1854 - March 23, 1945), was a British meteorologist.^[1] He introduced the air pressure unit millibar, as well as the tephigram, a diagram of temperature changes.

Shaw was born in Birmingham. He studied at the University of Cambridge, where he later, between 1877 and 1906, taught physics. In 1891, he was elected to the Royal Society.^[2] In 1915 he was knighted, and in 1923 he was awarded a Royal Medal.

In 1909, he introduced the millibar unit, which was internationally adopted in 1929. In 1915, he developed the tephigram. Shaw also studied air pollution, publishing his book The Smoke Problem of Great Cities in 1925.

Shaw died in London.

References

1. ^ "Obituary Notice: Shaw, William Napier". Monthly Notices of the RAS 106 (1): 35–37. 1946. Bibcode 1946MNRAS.106...35.. 
2. ^ Addison, Henry Robert; Oakes, Charles Henry; Lawson, William John; Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton (1907). "SHAW, William Napier". Who's Who, 59: pp. 1591–1592. http://books.google.com/books?id=yEcuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1592. 

External links

• Royal Society c.v.
• Royal Society certificate of election
• Burton, J. (2004). "William Napier Shaw -father of modern meteorology". Weather 59 (11): 307–308. doi:10.1256/wea.45.04. 

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Name	Shaw, Napier
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Date of birth	March 4, 1854
Place of birth	Birmingham, England, UK
Date of death	March 23, 1945
Place of death	London