Background
Palmer, Andrew Henry was born on May 1, 1886 in Dubuque, Iowa, United States. Son of John and Mary (Gorius) Palmer.
Palmer, Andrew Henry was born on May 1, 1886 in Dubuque, Iowa, United States. Son of John and Mary (Gorius) Palmer.
Bachelor of Arts (“with distinction”), University of Minnesota, 1908. University scholar, Harvard, 1908-1909, Master of Arts, 1909. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Santa Clara, California, 1923.
Unmarried.
Research assistant, Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory of Harvard University, 1908-1912. Instructor geography, Massachusetts State Normal School, Salem, 1912. Magnetic observer, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1913.
Assistant observer, 1914-1915, observer, 1915-1918, and meteorologist, 1918-1924, United States Weather Bureau, San Francisco.
Superintendent Crop and Weather Department, Automobile Insurance Company, San Francisco, since 1924.
Fellow American Geography Society, American Meteorological Society. Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Seismological Society American, California Academy Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa.