Cleveland Abbe Biography

Cleveland Abbe biography

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NAME: Cleveland Abbe
OCCUPATION: Inventor, Astronomer, Meteorologist
BIRTH DATE: December 03, 1838
DEATH DATE: October 28, 1916
EDUCATION: Free Academy
PLACE OF BIRTH: New York, New York
PLACE OF DEATH: Chevy Chase, Maryland

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Meteorologist Cleveland Abbe inaugurated a public weather service that served as a model for the U.S. Weather Bureau, later called the National Weather Service.

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Cleveland Abbe

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Cleveland Abbe inaugurated a public weather service that served as a model for the national weather service, which was organized shortly thereafter as a branch of the U.S. Army Signal Service. In 1871 he was appointed chief meteorologist of the branch, which in 1891 was reorganized as the U.S. Weather Bureau (later the National Weather Service), and he served in that capacity more than 45 years.