Notes Prepared by John Hogan
Introduction
I Join the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology
H. A. Hunt (1866–1946) — First Commonwealth Meteorologist
Inigo Jones (1872–1954)
Griffith Taylor, D.SC, B.E., B.A. (1880–1963)
Edward Kidson, O.B.E., D.Sc., F. Inst. P. (1882–1939)
My Recollections of Captain Edward Kidson (R.E) O.B.E, D.Sc., F. Inst. P. (1882–1939)
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The last forecast on which Jones was engaged up to the day before his death (14 November 1954) and which had to be completed by his successor was that 'Christmas day (1954) would be fine and hot from Brisbane to Adelaide'. However, some of his long-range seasonal forecasts stretched well into the future, the following are some of those extant at his death: Jones forecast drought in the years 1960 and 1972, while he predicted 'a terrible 10-year drought from 1983 to 1993'.
Jones was elected a Fellow of the Astronomical Society in November 1935, he was also Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society, and a member of the Astronomical Society of France and of the American Meteorological Society.
In addition to his forecasting work to which he was dedicated, Jones had several hobbies; he was a farmer and gardener, a painter, a keen reader and collector of gramophone records, while violin playing may be added to accomplishments.
Jones died at Crohamhurst on 14 November 1954 aged 81, survived by wife and three daughters. His work was taken over at Crohamhurst by Lennox Walker, his chief assistant for fifteen months whom he had nominated as his successor, and who has maintained the work up to the present.
November 1969
J. Hogan
People in Bright Sparcs - Hogan, John; Jones, Inigo Owen; Walker, Robert Lennox
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