What is Robert Simpson (meteorologist)?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Robert H. Simpson |image = Robert H. Simpson in 1956.png |imagesize = |caption = Simpson on left |birth_date = {{birth date|1912|11|19}} |death_date = {{death date and age|2014|12|18|1912|11|19}} |birth_place = [[Corpus Christi, Texas]] |death_place=[[Washington, D.C.]] |fields = [[Meteorology]] |workplaces = Director of the [[National Hurricane Research Project]]<br />Director of the [[National Hurricane Center]] |education = [[Southwestern University]] <small>(B.S., 1933)</small><br>[[Emory University]] <small>(M.S., 1935)</small> |residence = |spouse = [[Joanne Simpson]] |children = |parents = |religion = |nationality = |academic_advisors = W. S. Nelms |thesis_title = A Study of Piezo-electricity |thesis_url = |thesis_year = 1935 |known_for = [[Tropical cyclone]] research, [[Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale]], NHC director |influences = |influenced = |awards = [[Department of Commerce Gold Medal]], Cleveland Abbe Award |signature = <!--(filename only)--> |signature_alt = |website = <!--{{URL|www.example.com}}--> |footnotes = }} '''Robert Homer Simpson''' (November 19, 1912 &ndash; December 18, 2014) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Meteorology|meteorologist]], hurricane specialist, first director of the [[National Hurricane Research Project]] (NHRP) from 1955–1959, and a former director (1967–1974) of the [[National Hurricane Center]] (NHC). He was the co-developer of the [[Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale]] with [[Herbert Saffir]]. His wife was [[Joanne Simpson]]. Simpson died in [[Washington, D.C.]] at the age of 102.<ref>{{cite web|title=Robert Simpson, co-developer of hurricane scale, dies at 102|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/12/19/robert-simpson-co-developer-of-hurricane-scale-dies-at-102/|publisher=The Washingto