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|birth_place = Corpus Christi, Texas |death_place=Washington, D.C. |fields = Meteorology |workplaces = Director of the National Hurricane Research Project Director of the National Hurricane Center |education = Southwestern University (B.S., 1933) Emory University (M.S., 1935) University of Chicago (Ph.D., 1962) |residence = |spouse = Joanne Simpson |children = |parents = |religion = |nationality = |doctoral_advisor = Herbert Riehl |academic_advisors = W. S. Nelms |doctoral_students = |notable_students = |thesis1_title = A Study of Piezo-electricity |thesis1_url = |thesis1_year = 1935 |thesis2_title = Analysis of a Large Scale Atmospheric Disturbance in the Lower Mesosphere |thesis2_url = |thesis2_year = 1962 |known_for = Tropical cyclone research, Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale, NHC director |influences = |influenced = |awards = Department of Commerce Gold Medal, Cleveland Abbe Award |signature = |signature_alt = |website = |footnotes = }} Robert Homer Simpson (November 19, 1912 – December 18, 2014) was an American 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. ==Early life== Born in Corpus Christi, Texas, Robert Simpson survived the devastating landfall of a hurricane at age six; one of his family members drowned. Simpson graduated with honors from the Corpus Christi high school in 1929. Fascinated by the weather, he went on to get a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Southwestern University in 1933, and a Master of Science degree in physics from Emory University in 1935.〔 Finding no work as a physicist during the Great Depression, he taught music in Texas high schools.〔(An interview of Dr. Simpson by Ed Zipser )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Simpson (meteorologist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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