William Charles Redfield
Scientist, Author
1789 – 1857
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Who was William Charles Redfield?
William Charles Redfield was one of the founders and the first President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science formed in 1848.
William Charles Redfield is known in meteorology for his observation of the directionality of winds in hurricanes, though his interests were varied and influential.
Redfield organized and was a member of the first expedition to Mount Marcy in 1837; he was the first to guess that Marcy was the highest peak in the Adirondacks, and therefore in New York. Mount Redfield was named in his honor by Verplanck Colvin.
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