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British manufacturing chemist (1772–1864)

For the Australian composer and pianist, see Luke Howard (musician).

Luke HowardFRS (28 November 1772 – 21 March 1864) was a British manufacturing chemist and an amateurmeteorologist with broad interests in science.^[1] His lasting contribution to science is a nomenclature system for clouds, which he proposed in an 1802 presentation to the Askesian Society.

Because of this, Howard is referred to as "The Godfather of Clouds", the "namer of the clouds", and the "father of meteorology".^[3]

Personal life

Luke Howard was born on 28 November 1772 in London to tin-plate manufacturer Robert Howard (1738–1812) and Elizabeth née Leatham (1742–1816). Howard attended a Quaker grammar school in Burford, Oxfordshire where the headteacher was renowned for his flogging of slow-to-learn pupils.^[4] In 1796 Howard married and They had two sons, Robert Howard and John Eliot Howard, who were ultimately to take Discography - Luke Howard MAH