John T. Houghton
Sir John Theodore Houghton CBE FRS FLSW (30 December 1931 – 15 April 2020) was a Welsh atmospheric physicist. He was the co-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC). He was the lead editor of first three IPCC reports. He was professor in atmospheric physics at the University of Oxford. He also was a Director General at the Met Office and founder of the Hadley Centre.
Sir John T. Houghton | |
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 Sir John Houghton speaking at a climate change conference in 2005 | |
| Born | 30 December 1931 Dyserth, Wales, U.K. |
| Died | 15 April 2020 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Oxford (B.A., 1951, M.A, 1955, PhD, 1955)[1] |
| Awards | The Chree Medal and Prize (1979) Japan Prize (2006) Albert Einstein World Award of Science (2009) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Atmospheric physics |
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References
- "Prof. Sir John Houghton – Brief biography". consejoculturalmundial.org. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- From the archives: Interview: Sir John Houghton, meteorologist, climate-change expert
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