Gilbert Walker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gilbert Walker

British meteorologist

Date of Birth: 14-Jun-1868

Place of Birth: Rochdale, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 04-Nov-1958

Profession: physicist, university teacher, meteorologist, statistician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Sir Gilbert Thomas Walker (14 June 1868 – 4 November 1958) was an English physicist and statistician of the 20th century.
Walker studied mathematics and applied it to a variety of fields including aerodynamics, electromagnetism and the analysis of time-series data before taking up a teaching position at Cambridge University.
Although he had no experience in meteorology, he was recruited for a post in the Indian Meteorological Department where he worked on statistical approaches to predict the monsoons.
He developed the methods in the analysis of time-series data that are now called the Yule-Walker equations.
He is known for his groundbreaking description of the Southern Oscillation, a major phenomenon of global climate, and for discovering what is named after him as the Walker circulation, and for greatly advancing the study of climate in general.
He was also instrumental in aiding the early career of the Indian mathematical prodigy, Srinivasa Ramanujan.