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Who was Lewis Fry Richardson?
Lewis Fry Richardson, FRS was an English mathematician, physicist, meteorologist, psychologist and pacifist.
What is Lewis Fry Richardson best known for?
Lewis Fry Richardson pioneered modern mathematical techniques of weather forecasting, and the application of similar techniques to studying the causes of wars and how to prevent them.
What is Lewis Fry Richardson's Richardson effect?
Lewis Fry Richardson demonstrated that the measured length of coastlines, and other natural features, increases without limit as the unit of measurement is made smaller.
Did Lewis Fry Richardson win an award because of the Richardson effect?
At the time, Richardson's research was ignored by the scientific community.

Question: Was it ever recognized later on?
Self-contained rewrite: Was the Richardson effect ever recognized later on though it was ignored by the scientific community at the time?