Cleveland Abbe Jr.

Cleveland Abbe Jr. (March 25, 1872 – April 19, 1934) was an American geographer.[1]

Cleveland Abbe Jr.
Abbe at age 25
BornMarch 25, 1872
Washington, D.C.
DiedApril 19, 1934(1934-04-19) (aged 62)
Ithaca, New York
CitizenshipUnited States
EmployerNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Parents
RelativesTruman Abbe (brother)

Biography

He was born in Washington, D.C., on March 25, 1872; son of Cleveland (q.v.) and Francis M. (Neal) Abbe.[2] He graduated from Harvard University in 1894 and A.M. in 1896.[3] He took post-graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University, from which he received a Ph.D. in 1898.[2]

Abbe was an instructor in physiography at the Corcoran scientific school, a part of Columbian university, from 1894 to 1897.[2] He served as an assistant on the Maryland geological survey from 1896 to 1998.[2] From 1898 to 1899, Abbe was professor of geology and biology in Western Maryland college, now called McDaniel College (since 2002), and acting professor of natural science in Winthrop Normal and Industrial college from 1899 to 1900.[2]

He became a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Geological society of America in 1899, and published several scientific reports.[2] From 1901 to 1903 he studied geography at the Imperial University, Vienna.[4]

Afterwards, he worked in various occupations at locations in the eastern part of the United States. He was assistant editor of the Monthly Weather Review from 1908 to 1910, then became assistant librarian of the United States Weather Bureau.[4] He was dismissed from the government position in 1918 for "sympathies for the Imperial German Government", a charge which he "indignantly denied".[5]

He died of heart disease in Ithaca, New York, at age 62, on April 19, 1934.[1]

Mount Abbe in southeast Alaska was named after him in 1936.[6]

References
  1. "Cleveland Abbe Jr. Dies In Ithaca At 62. Scientist and Editor, He Was in United States Weather Service and Taught Here". The New York Times. 1934-04-20.
  2. Johnson, Rossiter, ed. (1906). "Abbe, Cleveland". The Biographical Dictionary of America. Vol. 1. Boston: American Biographical Society. p. 21. Retrieved 19 October 2020. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson, eds. (1908), Who's who in America, vol. 5, Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, Incorporated, p. 1.
  4. "Cleveland Abbe Jr.". Encyclopedia Americana. 1918. volume 1, p. 12. American geographer and geologist, son of Cleveland Abbe: b. Washington, D. C, 25 March 1872. After graduating from Harvard University in 1894 he took up a post-graduate course at Johns Hopkins University, receiving his degree of Ph.D. in 1898. In 1894, on graduating from Harvard, he was appointed instructor in physiography at the Corcoran Scientific School of Columbian, now George Washington University, which position he held until 1897. ...
  5. "Abbe Dismissed For Pro-Germanism. Government Weather Editor Protests He Is Innocent and Demands a Hearing". The New York Times. 1918-07-09. Official correspondence made public today disclosed that Cleveland Abbe. Jr. editor of The Monthly Weather Review, recently dropped from the Government service, was dismissed because of 'his well known sympathies for the Imperial German Government.' ...
  6. "Mount Abbe". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
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