Gordon Manley, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Gordon Manley

British climatologist

Date of Birth: 03-Jan-1902

Date of Death: 29-Jan-1980

Profession: meteorologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Gordon Valentine Manley, FRGS (3 January 1902 – 29 January 1980) was a British climatologist who has been described as "probably the best known, most prolific and most expert on the climate of Britain of his generation".
He assembled the Central England temperature (CET) series of monthly mean temperatures stretching back to 1659, which is the longest standardised instrumental record available for anywhere in the world.
It provides a benchmark for proxy records of climatic change for the period covered, and is a notable example of scientific scholarship and perseverance (it took over thirty years to complete).
His two papers describing the work are available online.