death_place death_date birth_place birth_date known_for article_title name
toronto , ontario 27 september 1940 aurora , canada west 24 october 1857 meteorologist robert frederic stupart
 sir robert frederic stupart
robert frederic stupart

sir robert frederic stupart , -lrb- october 24 , 1857 -- september 27 , 1940 -rrb- was a canadian meteorologist .
born in aurora , canada west , the son of robert douglas stupart , of the royal navy , and eliza lee , stupart graduated from upper canada college and joined the meteorological service of canada in 1872 .
stupart was a senior inspector and probability officer at the toronto observatory .
in 1894 , he was appointed superintendent and director of the meteorological service and was appointed director of the toronto magnetic and meteorological observatory .
he retired in 1929 .
in 1916 , he was created a knight bachelor in recognition of his services .
in 1901 , he was made a fellow of the royal society of canada .
he was a member of the royal astronomical society of canada and served as its president from 1906 to 1907 .
he served as president of the american meteorological society from 1922 to 1923 .
stupart married marion dallas in 1886 .
they had three sons and one daughter .
their son , frederic gustavus stupart , was killed in world war i fighting during the battle of the somme on october 22 , 1916 .
