Meteorologist's profile – Thomas Griffith Taylor (1880–1963)

✍ Scribed by Michael J. Wood

• Book ID: 104602325
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 251 KB
• Volume: 63
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0043-1656
• DOI: 10.1002/wea.242

✦ Synopsis

Thomas Griffith Taylor ('Griff') was primarily a geographer, becoming the first profe ssor of the subject in Australia and Canada. He started work as a physiographer for the Commonwealth of Australia Weather Service, studying the effect of the weather and climate on the landscape. He was a member of Scott's Antarctic Expedition in 1910/1911. He also published many books and papers. His ideas on environmental determinism, the theory that people are shaped by their physical surroundings, were somewhat controversial.