American autodidact physicist and meteorologist (1841–1924)
Thomas Corwin Mendenhall
Born
(1841-10-04)October 4, 1841
Hanoverton, Ohio, US
Died
March 28, 1924(1924-03-28) (aged 82)
Ravenna, Ohio, US
Resting place
Forest Hill Cemetery
Alma mater
Ohio State University
Known for
gravity
physics
stylometry
author profiling
Spouse
Susan Allan Marple
(m. 1870)
Children
Charles Elwood Mendenhall
Relatives
Thomas C. Mendenhall (grandson)
Awards
Cullum Geographical Medal (1901) Franklin Medal (1918) Order of the Sacred Treasure (Japan) (1911)
Scientific career
Fields
gravity
physics
seismology
meteorology
stylometry
author profiling
Signature
Thomas Corwin Mendenhall (October 4, 1841 – March 23, 1924) was an American autodidact physicist and meteorologist. He was the first professor hired at Ohio State University in 1873 and the superintendent of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (one of the ancestor organizations of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) from 1889 to 1894. Alongside his work, he was also an advocate for the adoption of the metric system by the United States and is the father of author profiling.
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