Rudolf Geiger
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Science
- Subcategories: Scientists, Earth Sciences, Weather
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History
Article abstract: Geiger is recognized as the founder of a subdiscipline of meteorology that studies the nature of climatic conditions a few meters from the ground.
Early Life
Virtually nothing is known about the early life of Rudolf Oskar Robert Williams Geiger. He apparently received the necessary education in geography, soil, and meteorology to come to the attention of August Schmauss (1877-1954) of Munich during World War I. Schmauss provided Geiger with the opportunity to begin an extensive period of practical research in the Bavarian forests to...
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