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THE death of Hugo Hildebrand Hildebrandsson at Upsala on July 29 of this year, at the advanced age of eighty-seven years, marks the passing of a meteorologist of exceptional character. He was secretary of the International Meteorological Committee in succession to R. H. Scott from 1900 until 1907, when he himself retired from the direction of the Institute of the University of Upsala, at which he was the first professor of meteorology, to be succeeded by his son-in-law, F. Akerblom, the present professor. His name is known throughout the meteorological world for his activity in connexion with the study of clouds in all parts of the world, which culminated in the “International Cloud Year” 1896–97, and found further expression in the “International Cloud Atlas” published mainly under his guidance in 1896, with a new edition in 1910.
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SHAW, N. Prof. H. H. Hildebrandsson. Nature 116, 549–550 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/116549a0
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