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John Houghton

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Welsh physicist (1931-2020)

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Sir John Theodore Houghton was a Welsh atmospheric physicist who was the co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) scientific assessment working group which shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 with Al Gore. He was lead editor of the first three IPCC reports.

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2010Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales
2006Japan Prize
1998International Meteorological Organization Prize
1995Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
1991Royal Society Bakerian Medal
1990Glazebrook Medal
1979Chree Medal and Prize
Fellow of the Royal Society
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Albert Einstein World Award of Science
Knight Bachelor
Royal Society Bakerian Medal

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Sir John Theodore Houghton was a Welsh atmospheric physicist who was the co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) scientific assessment working group which shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 with Al Gore. He was lead editor of the first three IPCC reports. He was professor in atmospheric physics at the University of Oxford, former Director General at the Met Office and founder of the Hadley Centre.

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United Kingdom
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Scientists
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Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1931 to 2020 · aged 88
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