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Major General Sir William Reid (1791–1858) was a British soldier, administrator and meteorologist. He was founder of Bermuda National Library.〔(A Brief History, Bermuda National Library )〕 ==Military career== Born at Kinglassie, Fife and educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Reid was commissioned lieutenant of engineers in 1809, and in 1810 joined Wellington's army at Lisbon. In 1815 he participated in Sir Edward Pakenham's unsuccessful attack on New Orleans and in 1835 commanded a brigade in the British Legion raised by the Queen Regent of Spain. Subsequently Reid served as Governor of the Bermudas (1839–1846), of the British Windward Islands (1846–1848), and of Malta (1851–1858). He was knighted in 1851 and promoted to major general five years later.〔(Oxford Dictionary of National Biography )〕 Reid was sent to the Leeward Islands in 1831 to direct the task of reconstruction after the Great Barbados hurricane. During his two-and-a-half-year stay he became absorbed in trying to understand the nature of North Atlantic hurricanes, which led to a lifelong study of tropical storms. He published ''An Attempt to Develop the Law of Storms by Means of Facts'' (1838; third edition, 1850) and ''The Progress of the Development of the Law of Storms and of the Variable Winds'' (1849).〔 He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in February 1839.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Library and Archive Catalogue )〕 Reid died aged 67 at his home in Hyde Park, London on 31 October 1858.〔"Deaths." Times (England ) 2 Nov. 1858: 1. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 23 June 2013.〕 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「William Reid (British Army officer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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