1996 Death Irving Krick, meteorologist, dies at 89 1992 Death Jan Pelleboer, Dutch meteorologist, dies 1943 Death J Arthur S Berson, Austrian meteorologist, dies at 83 1940 Death Vladimir Koppen, Russian/German/Australia meteorologist, dies at 93 1913 Birthday Leon P Teisserenc de Bort, France, meteorologist 1913 Death Leon P Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (stratosphere), dies at 57 1906 Birthday Irving Krick, meteorologist 1897 Birthday Jacob A B "Jack" Bjerknes, Norwegian/US meteorologist, USAF in London 1897 Death Ralph Abercromby, British meteorologist, dies at about 54 1890 Death Christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist, dies at 72 1884 Death Arnold Henry Guyot, Swiss/US geologist/meteorologist, dies at 76 1880 Birthday Alfred L Wegener, German meteorologist, continental shift 1879 Birthday Milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist 1873 Birthday Ewoud van Everdingen, Dutch meteorologist 1859 Birthday J Arthur S Berson, Austria meteorologist, Balloon flights, Amazon 1855 Birthday Leon P Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist, stratosphere 1846 Birthday Vladimir Koppen, Russian/German meteorologist 1839 Birthday John Eliot, English meteorologist 1838 Birthday Cleveland Abbe, U.S., meteorologist, Father of Weather Bureau 1817 Birthday Christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist/founder KNMI 1807 Birthday Arnold Henry Guyot, born in Switzerland, U.S. geologist, geographer, and meteorologist 1785 Birthday James Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist, Philosphy of Storms 1744 Birthday John Jeffries, colonial physician/meteorologist