John Adam Fleming Explained

John Adam Fleming
Birth Date:	28 January 1877
Birth Place:	Cincinnati, United States
Death Place:	San Mateo, California
Work Institution:	U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Alma Mater:	University of Cincinnati

John Adam Fleming, (January 28, 1877 – July 29, 1956) was an American geophysicist interested in the magnetosphere and the atmospheric electricity.Fleming worked first at the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey with his superior Louis Agricola Bauer, who founded the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution of Washington. He steadily advanced in the hierarchy of the institute and became its director in 1935. In 1925, Fleming served as president of the Philosophical Society of Washington.^[1] Fleming was elected into the National Academy of Sciences in 1940.^{[2] [3] [4]}

John Adam Fleming Medal

Since 1960 the American Geophysical Union rewards notable scientists in the field of research about the magnetosphere and atmospheric electricity.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Past Presidents . 2022-06-22 . PSW Science . en.
2. 10.1029/JZ061i004p00589 . John Adam Fleming, 1877–1956 . 1956 . Scott . W. E. . Journal of Geophysical Research . 61 . 589–592 . 1956JGR....61..589S . 4.
3. Web site: John Adam Fleming . National Academy of Science . 2010-03-21.
4. John Adam Fleming (1877–1956). Gregory A. . Good .
5. Web site: John Adam Fleming Medal . 2010-03-21 . 2010-07-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100710034021/http://www.agu.org/about/honors/union/fleming/ . dead .