George Aubourne Clarke [SEP] occupation
George Aubourne Clarke
George Aubourne Clarke (1879 – 13 February 1949) was a Scottish meteorologist, best known for his photographs of cloud types.
From 1903 to 1943, he was the metereological observer at the Cromwell Tower Observatory at the University of Aberdeen. While there he made photographs of clouds, which were published in a book that became the standard reference for metereologists and the military.
He was awarded the first Hood medal from the Royal Photographic Society in 1933 for his work as a photographer.
He retired
in 1933 when Harold Hood offered to present an annual medal for photography with a particular emphasis on work for public service.The recipients have been:
- 1933 – G. Aubourne Clarke
- 1935 – Edwin H. Land
- 1936 – J. Crowther Cos
- 1948 – J. W. Cottingham
- 1939 – J. A. Fairfax-Fozzard
- 1941 – H. Bedford Lemere
- 1942 – Basil Hill
- 1945 – Margaret F. Harker
- 1946 – J. Crowther Cos
- 1947 – S. H. Thorpe