Luke Howard
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About
British chemist and amateur meteorologist who contributed a nomenclature system for clouds in an 1802 proposal to the Askesian Society.
Before Fame
He was a Quaker and became a pharmacist for which he served an apprenticeship.
Trivia
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1821.
Family Life
He married Mariabella Eliott, and they had many children.
Associated With
His work with cloud classification inspired some of John Ruskin's writing.
