Clement Lindley Wragge

Who was Clement Lindley Wragge?

Clement Lindley Wragge, was a meteorologist born in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England, but moved to Oakamoor, Staffordshire as a child. He set up the Wragge Museum in Stafford following a trip around the world.He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and in 1879 was elected Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society in London To the end of his life, he was interested in Theosophy and spiritualism and in later life met with Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian who claimed to be the metaphorical second coming of Jesus of Nazareth. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle sought him out in New Zealand to ask for his views on spiritualism before writing 'The Wanderings of a Spiritualist'in 1921. After training in law, Wragge became renowned in the field of meteorology, winning the Scottish Meteorological Society's Gold Medal and years later starting the trend of using people's names for cyclones. He travelled widely giving lectures in London and India, and in his later years was a reliable authority on Australia, India and the Pacific Islands.