The Royal Meteorological Society traces its origins back to April 3, 1850 when the British Meteorological Society was formed as a society the objects of which should be the advancement and extension of meteorological science by determining the laws of climate and of meteorological phenomena in general. It became The Meteorological Society in 1866, when it was incorporated by Royal Charter, and the Royal Meteorological Society in 1883, when Her Majesty Queen Victoria granted the privilege of adding 'Royal' to the title. April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... In the United Kingdom and Canada a Royal Charter is a charter granted by the Sovereign on the advice of the Privy Council, which creates or gives special status to an incorporated body. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and Empress of India from 1 January 1877 until her death. ...

Presidents

For the full list, see [1].

• 1998-2000: Brian Hoskins
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• 1942-1944: David Brunt
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• 1920-1921 Reginald Hawthorn Hooker
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• 1869-1870: Charles Vincent Walker
• 1867-1868: James Glaisher FRS
• 1865-1866: Charles Brooke FRS
• 1863-1864: Robert Dundas Thomson
• 1861-1862: Nathaniel Beardmore MInstCE
• 1859-1860: Thomas Sopwith
• 1857-1858: Robert Stephenson MP FRS
• 1855-1857: Dr John Lee FRS
• 1853-1855: George Leach
• 1850-1853 & 1864: Samuel Charles Whitbread FRS

Professor Brian Hoskins FRS is a British dynamical meteorologist and climatologist based at the University of Reading. ... Sir David Brunt (June 17, 1886 – February 5, 1965) was a British meteorologist. ... Reginald Hawthorn Hooker (January 12, 1867 - June 2, 1944) English civil servant, statistician and meteorologist. ... See also James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, the mathematician James Glaisher was an English meteorologist and aeronaut (April 7, 1809 - February 7, 1903). ... Statue of Robert Stephenson at Euston Station, London Robert Stephenson FRS (October 16, 1803–October 12, 1859) was an English civil engineer. ... John Lee LL.D (28 April 1783-25 February 1866), born John Fiott, was an English philanthropist, astronomer, mathematician, antiquarian and barrister. ...

External links

• http://www.royalmetsoc.org/