title: George Aubourne Clarke
text: # George Aubourne Clarke
  
  George Aubourne Clarke FRPS FRMetS (1879 – 13 February 1949) was a Scottish meteorologist, best known for his photographs of cloud types.
  
  From 1903 to 1943, he was the metereological observer at the Cromwell Tower Observatory at the University of Aberdeen. While there he made photographs of clouds, which were published in a book that became the standard reference for metereologists and the military.
  
  He was awarded the first Hood medal from the Royal Photographic Society in 1933 for his work as a photographer.
  
  He retired in 1947 and died two years later, aged 69.
  
  ## Publications
  
  * Clouds; a Descriptive Illustrated Guide-book to the Observation and Classification of Clouds, with a preface by Sir Napier Shaw, Constable & Company, Ltd. (1920)
  