Edward Mawley
English meteorologist and horticulturalist
About Edward Mawley
Lived 1842 – 1916 (aged 74). Edward Mawley was a landscape architect and meteorologist.
Edward Mawley (14 May 1842 – 15 September 1916) was an English meteorologist and horticulturalist.
Educated at the South Kensington School of Art, Mawley practised architecture for several years. In 1874–1875, he and a friend went on a round-trip voyage to Australia on SS Sobraon; on this voyage Mawley made meteorological measurements with a thermometer. In 1876 he joined the Royal Meteorological Society and served as its President in 1896 and 1897. He was the co-author with Gertrude Jekyll of the 1902 book Roses for English Gardens. In 1904 he was awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour by the Royal Horticultural Society.
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English meteorologist and horticulturalist
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Edward Mawley was born on 14 May 1842.
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Edward Mawley died on 15 September 1916.
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Edward Mawley was a landscape architect and meteorologist.
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