Author:William Napier Shaw

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William Napier Shaw
(1854–1945)

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English meteorologist; Director of the Meteorological Office, 1907—1920

This author wrote articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB9 by the initials "W. N. S."

This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB1911 by the initials "W. N. S."

This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "W. N. S."

Works

Practical Physics (1893) (with Richard Tetley Glazebrook)

Contributions to EB1911

"Dew," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Fog," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Squall," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Sunshine," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Contributions to DNB

Works about Shaw

"Shaw, William Napier," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1930.

This author died in 1945, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 79 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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