Albert James Myer
✓ Source-basedfallingUnion Army general (1828-1880)
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Albert James Myer was a surgeon and United States Army general. He is known as the father of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, as its first chief signal officer just prior to the American Civil War, the inventor of wigwag signaling, and also as the father of the U.S. Weather Bureau.
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About this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1828 to 1880 · aged 51
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