| Authorised form of name | Howard; Luke (1772 - 1864) |
| Surname | Howard |
| Forenames | Luke |
| Dates | 1772 - 1864 |
| Nationality | British |
| Dates and places | Birth:
London, England (28 November 1772)
Death:
Bruce Grove, Tottenham, Middlesex (21 March 1864) |
| Activity | Research Field:
Meteorology
Career:
Set up in business as a chemist, London (1793); in partnership with William Allen (FRS 1807) (1796-1803); corresponded with Goethe on meteorology |
| Royal Society activity | Membership:
Fellow
Election Date:
8/03/1821 |
| Relationships | Father of John Eliot Howard (FRS 1874) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1865 vol 14 pp x-xii
References:
A W Slater, 'Luke Howard, FRS (1772-1864) and his Relations with Goethe' in NR 1972-3 vol 27 pp 119-140 |
| Royal Society code | NA4515 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1821/06 | Howard, Luke: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/1/6 | Letter from Luke Howard, Ackworth | 26 March 1841 |
| AP/28/11 | Barometrical Averages etc | 25 October 1844 |
| MM/11/154 | Letter from Luke Howard, Tottenham, to WH Sykes | 30 April 1841 |
| AP/9/14 | Some Remarks on Meteorology | 10 May 1821 |
| AP/23/31a | A Further Paper on Certain Variations of mean height of Barometer, Mean Temperature and depth of Rain compared with the Lunar phases, in the cycle of years from 1815 to 1823 | 1840 |
| AP/23/30 | On the Wet Summer of 1839 | 23 June 1840 |
| AP/23/31 | Certain variations of the mean height of the Barometer, Mean Temperature and depth of Rain compared with the Lunar phases, in the cycle of years from 1815 to 1823 | February 1840 |
| AP/25/10 | On the Proportions of the prevailing Winds, the Mean Temperature, and depth of Rains, in the Climate of London; computed through a Cycle of Eighteen years, on periods of the Moon's declination | 1841 |
| AP/25/9 | On a remarkable depression of the Barometer in November 1840, agreeing very closely in its movements and results with that of December 1821 | 1841 |
| PT/73/9/11 | Drawing, graph of clock barometer variations , by [Luke Howard] | 1821 |
| RR/1bis/29 | Referee's report by William Hallowes Miller, on a paper [attributed] 'On a cycle of eighteen years in the mean annual height of the barometer in the climate of London, and on a constant variation of the barometrical mean according to the Moon's declination' by Luke Howard | 2 April 1841 |
| RR/1bis/28 | Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper [attributed] 'On a cycle of eighteen years in the mean annual height of the barometer in the climate of London, and on a constant variation of the barometrical mean according to the Moon's declination' by Luke Howard | 16 February 1841 |
| RR/1bis/30 | Second referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on two papers 'On a cycle of eighteen years in the mean annual height of the barometer in the climate of London, and on a constant variation of the barometrical mean according to the Moon's declination' and 'On tho proportions of the prevailing winds, the mean temperature, and depth of rain in the climate of London, computed through a cycle of Eighteen Years, or periods of the Moon’s declination' by Luke Howard | 2 July 1841 |
| MOB/056 | Apothecaries' scales | c.1820-1840 |
| RR/1bis/31 | Referee's report by Sir John William Lubbock, 3rd Baronet, on a paper [attributed] 'On a cycle of eighteen years in the mean annual height of the barometer in the climate of London, and on a constant variation of the barometrical mean according to the Moon's declination' by Luke Howard | 24 November 1845 |