Glaisher

Glaisher, James (b. 1809), the founder of the Meteorological Society, was born in London. In his youth he was employed in the Irish Ordnance Survey, and was three years in the Cambridge Observatory. In 1840 he was made superintendent of the meteorological department of the Greenwich Observatory, and held that position till 1874. In conjunction with Mr. Coxwell, the aeronaut, he made numerous balloon ascents, and once reached a height of nearly seven miles, the greatest yet attained. On this occasion he nearly lost his life.

He has written several scientific works, and completed the Factor Tables of Burckhardt and Dase.