Hugo Hergesell Explained

Hugo Emil Hergesell
Birth Date:	29 May 1859
Birth Place:	Bromberg
Death Place:	Berlin
Nationality:	German
Occupation:	Meteorologist

Hugo Emil Hergesell (29 May 1859 in Bromberg – 6 June 1938 in Berlin) was a German meteorologist.

Works

• He co-founded "Beiträge zur Physik der freien Atmosphäre" (1904-; with Richard Assmann)
• Ergebnisse aerologischer Beobachtungen an internationalen Tagen, 1900–1913, 1925–1928

Awards

• 1913 Buys Ballot Medal of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 1928 Symons Gold Medal of the Royal Meteorological Society.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Geheimrat Professor Doctor Hugo Hergesell, Director of the Lindenberg Aeronautical Observatory, who has been awarded the Symons Gold Medal by the Meteorological Society of London . 2 January 1928. Europeana. 23 November 2015.