Person physician meteorological observer
Renton
physician · meteorological observer
Dr Renton was an English physician long resident in Madeira who wrote in 1827 on the benefits of the island's climate for lung disease and made meteorological observations in Funchal from 1826 to 1831. He supplied climate data to James Clarke.
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- Clarke (James) — English physician in Madeira who supplied Clarke with climate data.
- Lippold (Dr) — Owner of a house in Madeira whose gardens Lippold described in 1838.
2Chronology
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Renton and Heineken made meteorological observations in Funchal; in 1826 Heineken measured Pico Ruivo at 1,850 m.
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Dr Renton published a paper on Madeira's climate and pulmonary disease in the Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal.
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Lippold published a note on Dr Renton's Madeira gardens in Gardner's Magazine.
