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Sir John Houghton | |
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| Born | John Theodore Houghton 30 December 1931 Dyserth, Denbighshire, Wales |
| Died | 15 April 2020 (aged 88) Wales |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Oxford (BA 1951, MA 1955, DPhil 1955)[1] |
| Awards | The Chree Medal and Prize (1979) Japan Prize (2006) Albert Einstein World Award of Science (2009) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Atmospheric physics |
| Institutions | |
Sir John Theodore Houghton CBE FRS FLSW (30 December 1931 – 15 April 2020) 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.[2] 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.[3]
He was the president of the John Ray Initiative, an organisation "connecting Environment, Science and Christianity",[4] where he has compared the stewardship of the Earth, to the stewardship of the Garden of Eden by Adam and Eve.[5] He was a founding member of the International Society for Science and Religion. He became the president of the Victoria Institute in 2005.[6]
- ^ "Prof. Sir John Houghton – Brief biography". consejoculturalmundial.org. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
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- ^ "The Christian Challenge of Caring for the Earth Archived 7 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine" at The John Ray Initiative website
- ^ Houghton, John. "The Challenge of Sustainability. Victoria Institute Presidential Address. 1st October 2005" (PDF). Faith and thought. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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