John Park Finley
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1854 – 1943
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Who was John Park Finley?
John Park Finley was an American meteorologist and Army Signal Service officer who was the first person to study tornadoes intensively. He also wrote the first known book on the subject as well as many other manuals and booklets, collected vast climatological data, set up a nationwide weather observer network, started one of the first private weather enterprises, and opened an early aviation weather school.
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- Born
- Apr 11, 1854
Ann Arbor - Also known as
- J. P. Finley
- John P. Finley
- Died
- Nov 24, 1943
Battle Creek
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on July 23, 2013
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