George James Symons FRS
(1838-1900)

meteorologist, president of the Royal Meteorological Society, and Fellow of the Royal Society

Died aged c. 62

George James Symons FRS (6 August 1838 – 10 March 1900) was a British meteorologist who founded and managed the British Rainfall Organisation, an unusually dense and widely distributed network of rainfall data collection sites throughout the British Isles.

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London, United Kingdom

Here from 1868 to 1909 lived George James Symons FRS pioneer in the scientific study of rainfall, founder of the British rainfall organization, twice president of the Royal Meteorological Society. 1838-1900

62 Murray Street, Camden Town, London, United Kingdom where they lived