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Stanley Walter Croucher Pack

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Stanley Walter Croucher Pack CBE (1904–1977)[1] was an officer in the Royal Navy, and an author of several books related to maritime topics.

In 1928, while an instructor Commander at Dartmouth Naval College, he wrote a meteorology textbook entitled The Frequency Departure of Thermionic Oscillators from the L. C. Valve.[2] Decades later he wrote a book about the college, entitled Britannia at Dartmouth.

In 1953 the London Gazette reported he had been promoted from Instructor Commander to Instructor Captain.[3]

Pack was one of the UK representatives when the World Meteorological Organization's subcommittees, the Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation, when it met in Toronto, in August 1953.[4]

In 1957 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

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  1. ^ "S. W. C. Pack (1904–1977)". librarything.com. 2018. Archived from the original on 4 November 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  2. ^ S. W. C. Pack (1928). The Frequency Departure of Thermionic Oscillators from the L. C. Valve. University of London Press. Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  3. ^ "promotions" (PDF). London Gazette. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  4. ^ "World Meteorological Organization". The Meteorological magazine. April 1954. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018. The British representatives on the Commission for Aerology were Dr. R. C. Sutcliffe, Miss E. E. Austin and Prof. P. A. Sheppard; and on the Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation, Dr. D. N. Harrison, Dr. R. Frith and Capt. S. W. C. Pack.