John Aitken
Scottish meteorologist, physicist and marine engineer (1839-1919) · Scientists · Died at 80
John Aitken, FRS, FRSE LLD was a Scottish meteorologist, physicist and marine engineer. He was one of the founders of cloud physics and aerosol science, who built the first apparatus to measure the number of dust and fog particles in the atmosphere, a koniscope.
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1919Died14 November 19191917Royal MedalAward1893Gunning Victoria Jubilee PrizeAward1883Keith MedalAward1875Fellow of the Royal SocietyAwardFellow of the Royal Society of EdinburghAward1839Born8 September 1839
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Scientists
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Lived 1839 to 1919 · aged 80
