José Carlos Millás
José Carlos Millás (January 22, 1889 – November 28, 1965) was a Cuban meteorologist that was called one of the “fathers of tropical meteorology”. Born in Havana, he obtained a BS in Civil Engineering and Architecture at the University of Havana and pursued postgraduate work at the University of Chicago in Celestial Mechanics. However, the […]
Julio Garavito Armero
Julio Garavito Armero (January 5, 1865 – March 11, 1920) was born in Bogotá, Colombia. He was a prodigy that studied mathematics and lunar interactions on oceanic and weather fluctuations. Born amidst two major civil wars, the latter of which ended in 1877, Colombia introduced public education, allowing Julio to attend high school until 1884. […]