Philip D. Jones

British climatologist · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Born 1952 · age 74

Philip Douglas Jones is a former director of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) and a professor in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia (UEA) from 1998, having begun his career at the unit in 1976.

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A life in dates

2025Officer of the Order of the British EmpireAward2009Fellow of the American Geophysical UnionAward2006Fellow of the American Meteorological SocietyAward2002Hans Oeschger MedalAward2001International Journal of Climatology PrizeAward1995Hugh Robert Mill MedalAward1992Fellow of the Royal Meteorological SocietyAward1952Born22 April 1952

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Officer of the Order of the British Empire2025

Fellow of the American Geophysical Union2009

Fellow of the American Meteorological Society2006

Hans Oeschger Medal2002

International Journal of Climatology Prize2001

Hugh Robert Mill Medal1995

Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society1992

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He retired from these positions at the end of 2016, and was replaced as CRU director by Tim Osborn. Jones then took up a position as a Professorial Fellow at the UEA from January 2017.

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United Kingdom