Charles Frederick Marvin

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Professor Charles Frederick Marvin (7 October 1848 – 5 June 1943) was a meteorologist who worked in some capacity for the U.S. Weather Bureau from 1884 to 1934. He was head of the Bureau from 1913 to 1934.[1]

Cleveland Abbe (also a Weather Bureau oldtimer) mentions in a 1903 letter to Wilbur Wright that Marvin informed him about the Wright Brothers' activities at Kitty Hawk.

In 1897, Marvin wrote The Mechanics and Equilibrium of Kites, as a submission for the Chanute prize offered by the Boston Aeronautical Society.[2]


Publications by or about Charles Frederick Marvin or C. F. Marvin or Charles F. Marvin

References

  1. "Profiles in Time - NWS Biographies", NOAA History, 8 June 8, 2006.
  2. Aeronautical Journal, Vol. 1, No. 4, October 1897, p. 20.

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Names Charles Frederick Marvin; Charles Marvin
Birth date 7 October 1848
Death date 5 June 1943
Countries US
Locations
Occupations meteorologist, professor
Tech areas Kites, Meteorology
Affiliations U.S. Weather Bureau
Wikidata id Q5077536