| Meteorologists name |
During |
Nationality |
Known for Invention of |
| John Dalton |
1766-1844 |
England |
Atomic Theory, Law of Multiple Proportions |
| William Morris Davis |
1850-1934 |
United States |
Cycle of erosion; often called the "father of American geography" |
| Gabriel Fahrenheit |
1686-1736 |
Royal Prussia |
Fahrenheit temperature scale |
| Alfred Wegener |
1880-1930 |
German |
His theory of continental drift |
| Christoph Hendrik Diederik Buys Ballot |
1817-1890 |
Dutch |
Buys-Ballot's law |
| William Ferrel |
1817 – 1891 |
United States |
Ferrel's law |
| Wladimir Peter Köppen |
1846-1941 |
Russian/German |
Köppen climate classification system |
| Anders Celsius |
1701-1744 |
Swedish |
Celsius |
| Jim Cantore |
1964 |
United States |
best known as an on-air personality for The Weather Channel. |
