"Old Probabilities"
— September 20, 1828* - August 24, 1880 —
Born in Newburgh, NY, raised in Buffalo, Geneva College 1847, University of Buffalo 1851, Telegraph operator, U.S. Navy assistant surgeon, invented motion telgraphy, U.S. Army Signal Corps founder, Civil War meteorologist, U.S. Weather Bureau founding director, International Meteorological Organization (IMO) co-founder, delegate to First IMO Congress in Vienna, Austria & Second IMO Congress in Rome, Italy in 1879, Son-in-law of Ebenezer Walden, father of six, honorary member Austrian Meteorological Society, Italian Geographical Society & Natural Philosophical Society of Emden, awarded three patents, expanded International Weather Service to fifty countries & territories by 1880.*based on age certification in documents dated January 17, 1854, discovered in 2009Placed by an anonymous benefactor and friend of Forest Lawn 2010| HM Number | HM18IP |
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| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Saturday, September 27th, 2014 at 5:34pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17T E 674245 N 4755573 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 42.93288333, -78.86460000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 42° 55.973', W 78° 51.876' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 42° 55' 58.38" N, 78° 51' 52.56" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 716 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 996 Delaware Ave, Buffalo NY 14214, US |
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