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Thomas Corwin Mendenhall

American physicist and meteorologist (1841-1924)

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Instance of: human
Born: 4 October 1841
Died: 23 March 1924
Place of birth: Hanoverton
Place of death: Ravenna
Sex or gender: male
Given name: Thomas, Corwin
Family name: Mendenhall
Child: Charles Elwood Mendenhall
Occupation: physicist, literary historian, meteorologist, seismologist, university teacher
Position held: foreign government advisor in Meiji Japan
Citizenship: United States
Awards: Cullum Geographical Medal, Franklin Medal, honorary doctor of the Ohio State University
contributed to creative work: Popular Science
educated at: Ohio State University, Wilmington College, National Normal University
employer: University of Tokyo, Central High School, Ohio State University, United States Army Signal Corps, Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
influenced by: Augustus De Morgan
languages spoken, written or signed: English
member of: National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Antiquarian Society, American Philosophical Society
place of burial: Forest Hill Cemetery
writing language: English

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