Heinrich von Wild
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Heinrich von Wild or Heinrich Wild I (1833-1902) was a Swiss meteorologist and physicist who established a modern meteorological system throughout the Russian Empire and developed meteorological instruments.
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Heinrich von Wild or Heinrich Wild I (1833-1902) was a Swiss meteorologist and physicist who established a modern meteorological system throughout the Russian Empire and developed meteorological instruments. He contributed significantly to international scientific collaboration in the fields of metrology and meteorology as a representative of Russia at the Paris diplomatic Conference which resulted in the Metre Convention of 1875, then as a member of the International Committee of Weights and Measures and as president of the International Meteorological Organization from 1879 to 1896.
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