About: dbkwik:resource/p5FZu61ffpJ5wJPTB7HtPw==

Property	Value
rdf:type	Military Person
rdfs:label	Albert J. Myer
rdfs:comment	Albert James Myer (September 20, 1828 – August 24, 1880) was a surgeon and United States Army officer. 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 wig-wag signaling (or aerial telegraphy), and also as the father of the U.S. Weather Bureau.
owl:sameAs	dbr:Albert_J._Myer
dcterms:subject	dbkwik:resource/6JY65W7nrYUU64qXghGIoQ== dbkwik:resource/KuD5G9Gjng6HirBU2D7uaw== Union Army generals dbkwik:resource/f9QurS07kjENZzyCQspNqg== dbkwik:resource/WGgIdjPspy4CKVRM9ngoyg== dbkwik:resource/8Zh6G-cl0cHA8Ne6T7T-8Q== dbkwik:resource/xqQLDqwPOG5922myMJEY2g== dbkwik:resource/1VEvvuUykh87CMb7sLE2UA== dbkwik:resource/QMVwdMvjpHl4JHMuC-3jWw== dbkwik:resource/Gxte3PHfD3Iq-HT_a4wqOg== dbkwik:resource/XKUOQZrNtB_OeFymsr1Uog== dbkwik:resource/UTbPQlEg9LYUnEJwMkCIvQ==
dbkwik:military/property/wikiPageUsesTemplate	dbkwik:resource/AaGpNMKXeCEx6k1ovZIRVg== dbkwik:resource/QxrQtrwUT6DbU72cwZMarA== dbkwik:resource/W7Sw9RwCCOvj4okbzTd7Tg== dbkwik:resource/i41Rp2Lc9vpkWHNfM2gCjg== dbkwik:resource/pTEKXoXwy_QJD-cbbKl3EQ== dbkwik:resource/wkzOAZmisP6h9cGhjC4XKA== dbkwik:resource/xmZ8NJkc0PAvUcoRG7-KIQ== dbkwik:resource/mUUsaxWv1gu_eYdwZgZ9Yw== dbkwik:resource/0eKXoLgsblPHMtR6PIe1_g==
serviceyears	1854
Birth Date	1828-09-20
Commands	dbkwik:resource/ZCXocRpeDwYaunL39fvHAg==
Branch	Union Army
death place	Buffalo, New York
Name	Albert James Myer
Caption	Albert James Myer
placeofburial label	Place of burial
Birth Place	Newburgh, New York
death date	1880-08-24
Rank	35
Allegiance	Union (American Civil War) United States of America
Battles	American Civil War
placeofburial	dbkwik:resource/L35A7YM3UWDFH-rzNwNJzQ==
abstract	Albert James Myer (September 20, 1828 – August 24, 1880) was a surgeon and United States Army officer. 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 wig-wag signaling (or aerial telegraphy), and also as the father of the U.S. Weather Bureau.