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Reid Bryson

Climatologist

Reid Bryson was an American atmospheric scientist, geologist and meteorologist, born in 1920 in Detroit and died in 2008 in Madison, Wisconsin. He earned a degree in geology at Denison University in 1941 and a doctorate in meteorology from the University of Chicago in 1948, then joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where in 1948 he founded and chaired the university's Department of Meteorology and Center for Climatic Research, and in 1970 became the first director of what is now the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.

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Birth Date
1920-06-07 1
Birth Year
1920 1
Death Date
2008-06-11 2
Death Year
2008 2
Birthplace
Detroit, Michigan 1
Death Place
Madison 2
Nationality
United States 2
Defining Contribution
The idea of the human volcano causing global cooling via increased aerosol loading 1
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Source Wikidata: Reid Bryson
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1. Reid Bryson - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, birth_date
    June 7, 1920
  • Lead paragraph
    Reid Bryson (June 7, 1920
  • Infobox, birth_place
    Detroit, Michigan, US
  • Views
    Bryson's main contribution to the debate on climate change was the idea of
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2. Reid Bryson (Wikidata)
  • P570 (date of death)
    died 2008-06-11
  • P570 (date of death) [year]
    died 2008
  • P20 (place of death)
    died in Madison
  • P27 (country of citizenship) [1]
    citizen of United States
  • P19 (place of birth) [1]
    born in Detroit
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Wikidata: Reid Bryson
Wikidata Q2139875, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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