caption death_date death_place birth_place influences image_size nationality field birth_date known_for prizes image article_title name
thomas corwin mendenhall 28 march 1924 ravenna , ohio , usa hanoverton , ohio , usa augustus de morgan 150px us physics meteorology october 4 , 1841 gravity cullum 1918 -rrb- geographical medal -lrb- 1901 -rrb- franklin medal -lrb- t.c.mendenhall-1918 . jpg thomas corwin mendenhall
 thomas corwin mendenhall
thomas corwin mendenhall

thomas corwin mendenhall -lrb- october 4 , 1841 -- march 23 , 1924 -rrb- was an american autodidact physicist and meteorologist .
alongside his work , he was also an advocate for the adoption of the metric system by the united states .
