Tempest Anderson

Tempest Anderson D.Sc
Portrait of Tempest Anderson by Irish artist William Orpen. It currently resides in the Yorkshire Museum's Tempest Anderson Hall.
Born	Tempest Anderson (1846-12-07)7 December 1846 York, England
Died	26 August 1913(1913-08-26) (aged 66) Red Sea
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University College London Honorary degree from the University of Leeds
Occupation	Ophthalmic surgeon
Organization	President of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society
Known for	Early amateur photography, vulcanology and gifting the Tempest Anderson Hall to the Yorkshire Philosophical Society.

Tempest Anderson (7 December 1846 – 26 August 1913)^[1] was an ophthalmic surgeon at York County Hospital in the United Kingdom, and an expert amateur photographer and volcanologist. He was a member of the Royal Society Commission which was appointed to investigate the aftermath of the eruptions of La Soufrière volcano, St Vincent and Mont Pelée, Martinique, West Indies which both erupted in May 1902. Some of his photographs of these eruptions were subsequently published in his book, Volcanic Studies in Many Lands.^[2]