Sir Charles William Blyth Normand CIE (10 September 1889 – 25 October 1982) was a

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meteorologist.

Career

Born in Edinburgh, Normand was educated at the Royal High School and studied

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, physics and

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at Edinburgh University. In 1913, he was appointed Imperial Meteorologist in India. During the First World War, he served as a meteorological officer with the Indian Army in Mesopotamia. On his return to India he conducted research into atmospheric humidity, and became Director-General of Observatories in India in 1927. He was a member of the Indian Science Congress and a founder of the Indian Academy of Sciences. He was knighted in 1945. In 1946, Normand moved to Oxford, where he studied atmospheric ozone. He served as Secretary of the International Ozone Commission from 1948 to 1959 and President of the

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between 1951 and 1953, receiving their

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in 1944.

References

;Footnotes ;Bibliography *C. D. Walshaw, ‘Normand, Sir Charles William Blyth (1889–1982)’
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved 5 September 2007. {{DEFAULTSORT:Normand, Charles 1889 births 1982 deaths Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire Knights Bachelor People educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh Presidents of the Royal Meteorological Society Scottish meteorologists Scottish scientists Scientists from Edinburgh