Robert Traill Omond

Robert Traill Omond FRSE LLD SMS (1858–1914) was a British physicist, geologist and meteorologist who set up the Ben Nevis Observatory.

[2] In later life he lived at 3 Church Hill in the Morningside area of Edinburgh.

The entire Traill/Omond family are buried together in the southern section of St Cuthberts Chuchyard, immediately below Edinburgh Castle.

William Speirs Bruce named the meteorological station in Scotia Bay on Laurie Island Omond House in recognition of him, during his Antarctic expedition of 1902.

[4] The building was officially opened on 1 April 1903 and was manned by Robert Mossman until 1905.