George Templeman Kingston (1816 - 1886)

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Biography

George Templeman Kingston has been called the father of Canadian meteorology. A professor of meterology at the University of Toronto and a director of the Toronto Observatory, he was the founding director of the national meteorological service (1871-1880).^[1]

Born in Portugal in 1816, he was the son of Lucy Henry Kingston, a wine merchant, and his wife, Frances Rooke. His brother was the author William Henry Giles Kingston. He married Harriette Malone in 1851.^[2] They emigrated to Canada with their baby daughter the following year. ^[3]A son, George, was born in Canada.^[4]

George died of pneumonia in 1886 in Toronto, Ontario.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ The Canadian Encyclopedia: George Templeman Kingston
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJW5-M4V : 13 March 2020), George Templeman Kingston, 1851.
3. ↑ Dictionary of Canadian Biography: George Templeman Kingston
4. ↑ "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M43R-Z5V : 18 March 2021), George Kingston, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
5. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDG5-C53 : 2 March 2021), George Templeman Kingston, 21 Jan 1886; citing Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, , Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm .

See also:

• Wikipedia: George Kingston
• Wikidata: Item Q5541348, en:Wikipedia