A century of numerical weather prediction: The view from Limerick

• Born in March, 1862. • Matriculated in 1880. • Fritjøf Nansen was a fellow-student. • Paris, 1989–90. Studied under Poincaré. • Bonn, 1890–92. Worked with Heinrich Hertz. Vilhelm Bjerknes • Worked in Stockholm, 1983–1907. • 1898: Circulation theorems published • 1904: Meteorological Manifesto • Christiania (Oslo), 1907–1912. • Leipzig, 1913–1917. • Bergen, 1917–1926. • 1919: Frontal Cyclone Model. • Oslo, 1926 — 1951. Retired 1937. Died, April 9,1951.