Alexander Geddes (meteorologist)

Alexander Ebenezer McLean Geddes OBE FRSE (8 February 1885-26 December1970) was a Scottish meteorologist and physicist. He was generally known as Sandy Geddes and nicknamed Siccer Sandy (mean Sandy).[1]

Life

He was born in Fordyce, Aberdeenshire on 8 February 1885 and educated at Fordyce Academy. He then attended the University of Aberdeen graduating with a MA in 1906. In 1908 he became an assistant lecturer at the university teaching natural philosophy (Physics). He received a doctorate (DSc) in 1913.

In the First World War he joined the Royal Flying Corps as a meteorologist[2] at the rank of Lieutenant.[3] He was transferred to the Royal Engineers and served in France and Belgium. He rose to the rank of Captain and was three times mentioned in dispatches. He was awarded a military OBE after the war.[4] In 1919 he returned to the University of Aberdeen as a lecturer.

In 1930 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Archibald Goldie, Sir Ernest Wedderburn, Arthur Crichton Mitchell, and Ralph Allan Sampson.[5]

In 1946 became a Reader. He retired in 1955, and in the same year the university granted him an honorary doctorate (LLD).

He died on 26 December 1970.

Publications

Meteorology: An Introductory Treatise (1921)

References

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MORAY/2004-12/1103757513
History of the Meteorological Office, by Malcolm Walker
"University of Aberdeen provisional roll of service 1914-15". National Library of Scotland. p. 8. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
"Geddes, Alexander Ebenezer Mclean | Roll of Honour | Roll of Honour | The University of Aberdeen". www.abdn.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.

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[1] ttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MORAY/2004-12/1103757513

[2] History of the Meteorological Office, by Malcolm Walker

[3] "University of Aberdeen provisional roll of service 1914-15". National Library of Scotland. p. 8. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[4] "Geddes, Alexander Ebenezer Mclean | Roll of Honour | Roll of Honour | The University of Aberdeen". www.abdn.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[5] Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.