Charles John Philip Cave

Captain Charles John Philip Cave FRAS, FSA^[1] (1 May 1871 – 8 December 1950) was a meteorologist, a church architectural historian, and a captain in the Royal Engineers.^[2]

After education at The Oratory School in Edgbaston, Cave matriculated in 1889 and received a B.A. in 1893 and an M.A. in 1896 at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a J.P. for Hampshire in 1906. He was President of the Royal Meteorological Society in the years 1913 and 1914 and again in 1924 and 1925. In World War I he served as a captain in the Meteorological Section of the Royal Engineers.^[3] On January 11, 1918, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.^[4]

Selected works

• Structure of the atmosphere in clear weather; a study of soundings with pilot balloons. 1912.
• Soundings with pilot balloons in the isles of Scilly, November and December 1911, by Captain C. J. P. Cave, M. A., and J. S. Dines, M. A. Pub. by the authority of the Meteorological committee. 1920.
• Clouds & weather phenomena. 1926.; 2nd edition. 1943.^[5]
• Roof bosses of the Cathedral church of Christ, Canterbury. 1934.
• Roof bosses of Winchester Cathedral. 1935.
• Roof bosses in medieval churches; an aspect of Gothic sculpture. Illus. with telephotos. 1948.
• Medieval carvings in Exeter Cathedral. With A note on the art of the Exeter carvers, by Nikolaus Pevsner. 1953.

References

1. Cave Collection. The National Archives
2. "Cave, Charles John Philip". Who's Who: 432. 1919.
3. "Cave, Charles John Philip (CV889CJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
4. "Obituary. Charles John Philip Cave". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 111: 155–156. 1951. Bibcode:1951MNRAS.111..155.. doi:10.1093/mnras/111.2.155.
5. Clouds and weather phenomena in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

External links

• Works by or about Charles John Philip Cave at Internet Archive