Eduard Fontserè i Riba (Barcelona, ​​March 1, 1870 – September 18, 1970) was a Catalan meteorologist, astronomer, and seismologist. He was the founder and director of the Meteorological Service of Catalonia (Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya) from 1921 to 1939. He can be considered the father of professional meteorology in Catalonia, as well as the driving force behind the scientific and academic professionalization of Catalan meteorology.

He completed his studies in Barcelona. After returning to Mahon, he began measuring climate from the rooftop of his drugstore on Arraval street. He was also the first chemical inspector of the city’s municipal laboratory created in 1913 at the Civil Hospital, but he stood out as a meteorologist.

Man of great temperament, he devoted himself to the patronage of the Catalan culture, mainly during the Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera that culminated in the Institution Patxot.

Degree in Physical Sciences from the University of Valencia, PhD in Physical Sciences from the University of Barcelona, Master of Science in Meteorology from the University of Chicago, and Professor of Air Physics at the University of Barcelona.

He was born in Valls in 1913. He graduated in Physics and Chemistry at the University of Barcelona (1934) and received his Ph.D. in Physical Sciences at the Complutense University of Madrid (1944), with a thesis on the electrical conductivity of air, directed by the Dr. Isidre Pòlit (Alella, 1880 – Barcelona, 1958).