Luke Howard was born in London on November 28, 1772. Luke's love for weather (clouds) as a child helped lead him to great discoveries that are nowadays still used. He never studied to be a scientist; he was a business man in the process of developing his own firm: Howards and Sons Ltd. He was also a writer and editor. He was also a member of of the Society of Friends. He was originally an English manufacturing chemist but he nonetheless helped make great contributions to: meteorology and cloud nomenclature. On December 1802, Howard proposed the classification of clouds: Cumulus, Stratus, Nimbus, and Cirrus. He slowly began to develop his love for clouds as he became more involved and outspoken over the topics. On 1818, he published the first edition of "The Climate of London". He was soon afterwards on the eighth of March 1821 elected to be a Fellow of The Royal Society. On 1830, Howard published is second edition of "The Climate of London". On 1837, he published "Seven lectures on meteorology" which was the first textbook on weather. On 1842, "A cycle of eighteen years in the seasons of Britain" was published and claimed to be the first book in urban climatology. On 1847, "Barometrographia" was published. On the seventh of March 1850, Howard joined the British Meteorological Society. After a long and devoted life spent studying the clouds and weather; he died on March 21st of 1864 in London. His classifications of clouds are still being used, therefore, Luke Howard is rightfully called the Godfather of Clouds.