Luke Howard

Luke Howard was born in London on November 28, 1772 and was the first child of a wealthy business man named Robert Howard. He became just like his father, a business man, and had his own company called Howard & Cooperation. In this business, he manufactured pharmaceutical chemicals or medical drugs. Howard attended a Quaker school and from there he was employed as a retail chemist. He published a book called "The Climate of London". From this, people elected him as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Which is someone who helps improve natural knowledge. 

Howard's Contributions:

Howard's main contribution to meteorology was the nomenclature system of clouds. He named these three clouds, which are Cirrus (meaning curl of hair), Cumulus (meaning a pile), and Stratus (meaning spread out sheet) . From these three clouds he created four more clouds by combining the main three. So there is Cirrus-cumulus, Cirrus-stratus, Cumulus-stratus, and Nimbus, which is all 3 clouds joining together. There is also two more clouds called Alto-cumulus and Alto-stratus, but he wasn't known for naming these two clouds. People used his naming for clouds because everyone could understand universal Latin at the time and it was important on the change of clouds. 

Howard's naming for clouds is still used today because it is understandable and it can help meteorologist point out what type of clouds are shown in different weather areas.