Adrian Gill, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Adrian Gill

Australian meteorologist

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1937

Date of Death: 19-Apr-1986

Profession: meteorologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Adrian Edmund Gill FRS (22 February 1937 – 19 April 1986) was an Australian meteorologist and oceanographer best known for his textbook Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics [1].
Gill was born in Melbourne Australia and worked at Cambridge, serving as Senior Research Fellow from 1963 to 1984 [2].
His father was Edmund Gill, geologist, palaeontologist and curator at the National Museum of Victoria. Gill was chair of the Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere programme.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1986.
His candidacy citation read: "Dr A.E.
Gill is internationally recognised for his work in geophysical fluid dynamics and leads a small but highly productive team working on problems in dynamical oceanography and meteorology.
He has made outstanding theoretical contributions to a wide range of topics, including the stability of pipe flow, thermal convection, circulation of the Southern Ocean, seasonal variability of the ocean, waves in rotating fluids, wind-induced upwelling, coastal currents and sea-level changes and coastally-trapped waves in the atmosphere, and he is particularly effective in the way he is able to interpret observations and guide the activities of observational workers".