| Authorised form of name | Dines; William Henry (1855 - 1927); meteorologist |
| Dates | 1855 - 1927 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Pimlico, London, England |
| Date of birth | 05 August 1855 |
| Place of death | His home at Benson, Oxfordshire |
| Date of death | 24/12/1927 |
| Occupation | Meteorologist |
| Activity | Education:
BA (1881) Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Career:
Designed pressure tube anemometer; Director of Experiments on upper air for the Meteorological Office (1905-1922) Personally taken lead in exploration of the upper air of the British Isles by means of kites.
Memberships:
Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society (President 1901-1902)
1914 Symons Medal, Royal Meteorological Society
1924 Buchan Prize, Royal Meteorological Society
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 11/05/1905 |
| Relationships | Married 1882 Catherine Emma Tugwell; two sons, LHG Dines and JS Dines who both followed their father into the Meteorological Service of the Air Ministry. LHG Dines became Assistant Superintendant in charge of the Upper Air Section at Kew Observatory, and JS Dines became the first official in charge of meteorology at South Farnborough, then Superintendant of the Forecast Division |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1928 vol 119 pp xxiii-xxxii, plate, by Napier Shaw |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/70132735 |
| Code | NA6243 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1905/04 | Dines, William Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/17/79 | Letter from WH Dines to Herbert Rix, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society | 11 June |
| NLB/4/481 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Henry Dines, West End, Esher | 12 June 1890 |
| RR/18/123 | Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'The vertical temperature distribution the atmosphere over England, and some remarks on the general and local circulation' by William Henry Dines | April 1911 |
| RR/16/110 | Referee's report by Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, on a paper 'Meteorological observations by the use of kites off the West Coast of Scotland, 1902' by William Napier Shaw and William Henry Dines | May 1903 |
| RR/16/109 | Referee's report by Alexander Buchan, on a paper 'Meteorological observations by the use of kites off the West Coast of Scotland, 1902' by William Napier Shaw and William Henry Dines | June 1903 |
| NLB/23/2/544 | Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to William Henry Dines, [Fellow of the Royal Society], Beverstone, Oxshott | 1 November 1904 |
| NLB/23/2/360 | Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, and William Henry Dines, [Fellow of the Royal Society] | 2 July 1903 |
| NLB/23/2/542 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, Secretary to the Meteorological | 1 November 1904 |
| NLB/32/391 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Henry Dines, Fellow of the Royal Society | 3 March 1905 |
| NLB/42/62 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw FRS | 18 March 1910 |
| NLB/51/36 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to William Henry Dines, FRS | 24 November 1914 |
| RR/16/298 | Referee's report by William Napier Shaw, on a paper 'The vertical temperature gradient on the west coast of Scotland & at Oxshott: Surrey' by William Henry Dines | 31 December 1905 |
| RR/24/76 | Referee's report by William Henry Dines, on a paper 'Revolving fluid in the atmosphere' by William Napier Shaw | [June 1917] |
| RR/21/113 | Referee's report by William Henry Dines, on a paper 'On the circulation of the atmosphere' by Henry Reginald Arnulph Mallock | 25 November 1914 |
| RR/18/122 | Referee's report by Charles Chree, on a paper 'The vertical temperature distribution the atmosphere over England, and some remarks on the general and local circulation' by William Henry Dines | March 1911 |
| NLB/71/146 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Napier Shaw, FRS | 21 January 1928 |
| NLB/71/408 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Napier Shaw, FRS | 3 May 1928 |
| NLB/71/440 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Napier Shaw, FRS | 17 May 1928 |
| NLB/71/494 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Napier Shaw, FRS | 14 June 1928 |
| PP/16/23/1 | Manuscript, 'On wind pressure upon an inclined surface' by W H [William Henry] Dines | 1890 |
| NLB/37/460 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to W [William] H [Henry] Dines, Fellow of the Royal Society | 24 March 1908 |
| NLB/29/409 | Copy letter from Joseph Larmor and Archibald Geikie, to Captain Thomas Henry Tizard, Fellow of the Royal Society, Charles Thomas Rees Wilson, William Henry Dines, Fellow of the Royal Society, H N Dickson, A J Herbertson, Dr Charles Chree, Fellow of the Royal Society, Professor Joseph Larmor, Secretary of the Royal Society, Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, Dr H R Mill | 10 October 1904 |
| NLB/32/289 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Henry Dines, Fellow of the Royal Society | 13 February 1906 |
| MS/681 | Papers of William Henry Dines | 1879-1927 |
| PP/18/2 | Paper, 'On the pressure of wind on curved vanes' by William Henry Dines | 1891 |
| PP/16/23 | Paper, 'On wind pressure upon an inclined surface' by W H [William Henry] Dines | 1890 |
| PP/16/23/2 | Diagrams, experimental equipment and observations by W H [William Henry] Dines | 1890 |
| PP/18/2/1 | Manuscript, 'On the pressure of wind on curved vanes' by William Henry Dines | 1891 |
| PP/18/2/2 | Diagrams, observations and geometrical diagrams by William Henry Dines | 1891 |
| RR/16/299 | Referee's report by Charles Chree, on a paper 'The vertical temperature gradient on the west coast of Scotland and at Oxshott, Surrey' by William Henry Dines | December 1905 |