Dr. Nipher's native village was originally named Bucksville. Its name was changed to Port Byron when it became Lock #25 of the newly opened Erie Canal. Of course, thee was great excitement about this!
Nipher was a graduate of Iowa State University, Ames. Soon after,
he was appointed professor of physics at Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
Missouri was the second state to organize a state weather service which Nipher established in 1877. This service ran more or less as he established it until the mid-1950s when it was subsumed by modern science & finally became a part of NOAA. About this time, Nipher Middle School was named in his honor, in Kirkwood, Missouri.
In 1884 he became president of the St. Louis Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Nipher's native village was originally named Bucksville. Its name was changed to Port Byron when it became Lock #25 of the newly opened Erie Canal. Of course, thee was great excitement about this!
Nipher was a graduate of Iowa State University, Ames. Soon after,
he was appointed professor of physics at Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
Missouri was the second state to organize a state weather service which Nipher established in 1877. This service ran more or less as he established it until the mid-1950s when it was subsumed by modern science & finally became a part of NOAA. About this time, Nipher Middle School was named in his honor, in Kirkwood, Missouri.
In 1884 he became president of the St. Louis Academy of Sciences.
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