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21 march 1864 -lrb- 91 years old -rrb- london , england quaker london , england united kingdom 1 200px british meteorology , chemistry , pharmaceuticals 6 28 november 1772 naming the clouds england luke howard.jpg luke howard
 luke howard
luke howard

luke howard , frs -lrb- 28 november 1772 -- 21 march 1864 -rrb- was a british manufacturing chemist and an amateur meteorologist with broad interests in science .
his lasting contribution to science is a nomenclature system for clouds , which he proposed in an 1802 presentation to the askesian society .
