Thomas Corwin Mendenhall

Thomas Corwin Mendenhall
Born	(1841-10-04)October 4, 1841 Hanoverton, Ohio, US
Died	March 28, 1924(1924-03-28) (aged 82) Ravenna, Ohio, US
Resting place	Forest Hill Cemetery
Alma mater	Ohio State University
Known for	gravity physics stylometry author profiling
Spouse	Susan Allan Marple ​ (m. 1870)​
Children	Charles Elwood Mendenhall
Relatives	Thomas C. Mendenhall (grandson)
Awards	Cullum Geographical Medal (1901) Franklin Medal (1918) Order of the Sacred Treasure (Japan) (1911)
Scientific career
Fields	gravity physics seismology meteorology stylometry author profiling
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Thomas Corwin Mendenhall (October 4, 1841 – March 23, 1924) was an American autodidact physicist and meteorologist. He was the first professor hired at Ohio State University in 1873 and the superintendent of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (one of the ancestor organizations of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) from 1889 to 1894. Alongside his work, he was also an advocate for the adoption of the metric system by the United States and is the father of author profiling.