- Born
- September 20, 1828
- Died
- August 24, 1880 (aged 51)
- Known as
- military officer, surgeon, military personnel
Albert James Myer was a surgeon and United States Army general. He is known as the father of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, as its first chief signal officer just prior to the American Civil War, the inventor of wigwag signaling, and also as the father of the U.S. Weather Bureau.
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