J u m p t o c o n t e n t
M a i n m e n u
M a i n m e n u
N a v i g a t i o n
● M a i n p a g e
● C o n t e n t s
● C u r r e n t e v e n t s
● R a n d o m a r t i c l e
● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a
● C o n t a c t u s
● D o n a t e
C o n t r i b u t e
● H e l p
● L e a r n t o e d i t
● C o m m u n i t y p o r t a l
● R e c e n t c h a n g e s
● U p l o a d f i l e
S e a r c h
Search
A p p e a r a n c e
● C r e a t e a c c o u n t
● L o g i n
P e r s o n a l t o o l s
● C r e a t e a c c o u n t
● L o g i n
P a g e s f o r l o g g e d o u t e d i t o r s l e a r n m o r e
● C o n t r i b u t i o n s
● T a l k
( T o p )
1
B i o g r a p h y
2
F a m i l y
3
S e l e c t e d w o r k s
4
R e f e r e n c e s
5
E x t e r n a l l i n k s
T o g g l e t h e t a b l e o f c o n t e n t s
H e n r y N e w t o n D i c k s o n
A d d l a n g u a g e s
A d d l i n k s
● A r t i c l e
● T a l k
E n g l i s h
● R e a d
● E d i t
● V i e w h i s t o r y
T o o l s
T o o l s
A c t i o n s
● R e a d
● E d i t
● V i e w h i s t o r y
G e n e r a l
● W h a t l i n k s h e r e
● R e l a t e d c h a n g e s
● U p l o a d f i l e
● S p e c i a l p a g e s
● P e r m a n e n t l i n k
● P a g e i n f o r m a t i o n
● C i t e t h i s p a g e
● G e t s h o r t e n e d U R L
● D o w n l o a d Q R c o d e
● W i k i d a t a i t e m
P r i n t / e x p o r t
● D o w n l o a d a s P D F
● P r i n t a b l e v e r s i o n
I n o t h e r p r o j e c t s
● W i k i s o u r c e
A p p e a r a n c e
F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
38 York Place, Edinburgh: the childhood home of H N Dickson
Prof Henry Newton Dickson CBE FRSE FRGS [1] (24 June 1866 – 2 April 1922) was a Scottish geographer, meteorologist and oceanographer from Edinburgh.[2]
He was strongly involved in the later phases of the deciphering of the masses of data from the Challenger expedition whose final findings were not published until 1895.[2]
Biography
[ edit ]
He was born in Edinburgh on 24 June 1866 the son of William Dickson FRSE (1817-1889), a paper manufacturer with James Dickson & Co. He was raised at the family home at 38 York Place in the New Town , an elegant Georgian townhouse.[3] His early education was at the Edinburgh Collegiate School.[4]
Dickson studied at the University of Edinburgh under P. G. Tait and G. Chrystal .[2] He received an M.A. and a D.Sc. from the University of Oxford , where he had learnt much from the eminent geographer, Halford Mackinder .[5]
In 1888, aged only 21, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , one of the youngest Fellows ever elected. His proposers were Peter Guthrie Tait , Sir John Murray , Alexander Buchan and George Chrystal .[4]
From 1906 to 1920 he was a professor of geography at University College, Reading . During the First World War he was seconded as Head of the Geographical Section, to the Naval Intelligence Division of the Admiralty . He was President of the Royal Meteorological Society in 1911–1912 and President of Section E (Geography and Ethnology) of the British Association in 1913.[6]
He died in Edinburgh on 2 April 1922.
Family
[ edit ]
Dickson married Margaret Stephenson in 1891.
Selected works
[ edit ]
References
[ edit ]
^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory, 1866-7
^ a b 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 .
^ The Greater War: Other Combatants and Other Fronts 1914-1918, by Jonathan Krause
^ "Dickson, Henry Newton" . Who's Who : 678. 1919.
External links
[ edit ]
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_Newton_Dickson&oldid=1159680007 "
C a t e g o r i e s :
● 1 8 6 6 b i r t h s
● 1 9 2 2 d e a t h s
● P e o p l e e d u c a t e d a t E d i n b u r g h C o l l e g i a t e S c h o o l
● F e l l o w s o f t h e R o y a l S o c i e t y o f E d i n b u r g h
● P r e s i d e n t s o f t h e R o y a l M e t e o r o l o g i c a l S o c i e t y
● S c o t t i s h m e t e o r o l o g i s t s
● S c o t t i s h o c e a n o g r a p h e r s
● 2 0 t h - c e n t u r y S c o t t i s h s c i e n t i s t s
● C o m m a n d e r s o f t h e O r d e r o f t h e B r i t i s h E m p i r e
● F e l l o w s o f t h e R o y a l G e o g r a p h i c a l S o c i e t y
● S c i e n t i s t s f r o m E d i n b u r g h
● 1 9 t h - c e n t u r y S c o t t i s h s c i e n t i s t s
H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s :
● U s e d m y d a t e s f r o m J a n u a r y 2 0 1 8
● U s e B r i t i s h E n g l i s h f r o m J a n u a r y 2 0 1 8
● A r t i c l e s w i t h V I A F i d e n t i f i e r s
● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 1 1 J u n e 2 0 2 3 , a t 2 1 : 2 9 ( U T C ) .
● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n .
● P r i v a c y p o l i c y
● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a
● D i s c l a i m e r s
● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a
● C o d e o f C o n d u c t
● D e v e l o p e r s
● S t a t i s t i c s
● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t
● M o b i l e v i e w