The weatherman from Greenwich : Charles Todd - 1826 to 1910

by Tony Rogers

Other authorsJudy Ferrante (Author.)

Paperback, 2017

Status

Available

Call number

SA TOD

Local notes

This highly readable social history book tells the story of his early life from his birth In 1826 until his career was well-established at the beginning of the 1860s. It is the story of a young man growing up at a time of great and dramatic change when the Industrial Revolution was running at breakneck speed. Steam power transformed manufacturing, railways transformed the movement of people and the telegraph transformed the movement of ideas. Social demands of ordinary people were beginning to transform society. Charles Todd’s early life was greatly affected by these developments, both directly and indirectly and they prepared him for his life in Adelaide. But the book is not just about Charles Todd. It’s also about the people he knew and the lives they led. We see what daily life was like in Adelaide when he arrived and how it had developed in its first twenty years. There had been problems in the first years, but by 1588, Adelaide and the colony generally were well-settled and expanding rapidly. It was a lively and welcoming town.

Notes: Prepublication record (machine generated from publisher information).
Includes bibliographic references (pages 159-163)

Genres

Science & Nature

Nonfiction

Publication

Adelaide, South Australia : Australian Meteorological Association, [2017]

Description

Charles Todd came to Adelaide in 1855 as a young and ambitious scientist. Fifty-five years later he would be applauded as one of South Australia's great pioneers and its first meteorologist. In this highly readable social history we follow Charles Todd's life from his birth in London in 1826 and see how his life there prepared him for his future in South Australia. It was a time of great change. Railways transformed the movement of people and goods, the telegraph transformed the movement of ideas. Steam power transformed manufacturing. Social demands of ordinary people transformed society. When he arrived in Adelaide he found it to be a lively and welcoming town.There had been problems in the early years, but they had been overcome and the colony was well-settled and expanding rapidly. The book gives a lively picture of both Todd and the society he lived in.… (more)