Person Osler; Abraham Follett (1808 - 1903); meteorologist Osler Abraham Follett meteorologist 1808 - 1903 British Male Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom 22 March 1808 18080322 South Bank, Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom 26 April 1903 19030426 Burial: Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.

Hazelwood, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom (1854)

Manufacturer Meteorology Education: Hazelwood School (1816-1824) Career: Joined his father's glass manufacturing fim (1824); took over the firm's management (1831); developed the first self-recording pressure-plate anemometer and rain-gauge, and installed it at the BPI's premises in Cannon Street, Birmingham (1835); his anemometer was installed at Greenwich observatory, London's Royal Exchange, Plymouth, Inverness, and Liverpool observatory (1841). Memberships: Birmingham Philosophical Institution (BPI) Parents: Thomas Osler, glass manufacturer of Birmingham, and Fanny Follett. Spouse: (m. 1832) Mary, daughter of Thomas Clark, Birmingham merchant and manufacturer. Children: Eight of whom three survived him. Son-in-law: William James Russell (FRS 1872). Inventor or improver of Apparatus for measuring and registering in Time, the Direction Intensity and Velocity of Wind and other elements of Local Climate. Distinguished for his acquaintance with the science of Meteorology. Eminent as a Mechanician & Cultivator of Physical Science. Fellow 07/06/1855 47 Edward William Brayley Richard Sheepshanks George Biddell Airy Thomas Webster Richard Partridge William Allen Miller William Bowman Robert Walker Charles Daubeny John Phillips Archibald John Stephens Michael Faraday Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 328-334 signed by W J R References: R Robson and Walter F Cannon, 'William Whewell, FRS (1794-1866)' in NR 1964 vol 19 pp 168-191 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 22 Mar 1808 - 26 Apr 1903 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 01/07/2025 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA3715 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 74fdbfac-a3fd-4699-ace4-a5ac96cd467f