Marc Dechevrens

Marc-Antoine Dechevrens (26 July 1845 – 6 December 1923) was a Swiss Jesuit priest who worked in China where he was involved in running Zikawei meteorology observatory and became interested in forecasting typhoons in the South China Sea. He was also involved in setting up the Maison St Louis Observatory on Jersey Island in 1894. He was among the pioneer meteorologists interested in upper air circulation and vertical movement of air in the formation of cyclones.

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