Biographical dates - Period of existence1861 - 1912
Other Information6 January 1861 (Boston) - 7 April 1912 (Milton, Mass.). Massachusetts Institute of Technology class of 1884. American meteorologist and founder of the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, built using his private funds the year he graduated; he bequeathed it to Harvard with an endowment. Harvard disassociated itself from the observatory in 1971, but kept the endowment.
Variant NamesRotch, A. Lawrence
Other Identifierhttp://thesaurus.cerl.org/record/cnp01882225
Biographical dates - Period of existence1861 - 1912
Other Information6 January 1861 (Boston) - 7 April 1912 (Milton, Mass.). Massachusetts Institute of Technology class of 1884. American meteorologist and founder of the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, built using his private funds the year he graduated; he bequeathed it to Harvard with an endowment. Harvard disassociated itself from the observatory in 1971, but kept the endowment.
Variant NamesRotch, A. Lawrence
Other Identifierhttp://thesaurus.cerl.org/record/cnp01882225