Sir John Houghton#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 261 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
John Houghton passed away April 15, 2020.
Positions Held
- Honorary Scientist of the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research at the Meteorological Office
- Honorary Scientist at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- 1994-2000 Member of the UK Government Panel on Sustainable Development
- 1992-1998 Chairman, Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
- 1988-2002 Chairman or Co-Chairman, Scientific Assessment Working Group, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- 1983-1991 Director General (later Chief Executive), UK Meteorological Office
- 1976-1983 Professor in atmospheric physics at the University of Oxford
Fields of Scholarship
Honours and Awards
- Albert Einstein World Award of Science (2009)
- Japan Prize (2006)
- Glazebrook Medal (Institute of Physics, 1990)
- Bakerian Prize Lecture of the Royal Society, 1991
- Climate Institute Annual Award (1992)
- Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal (1995)
- Honorary Doctorates of Science from the Universities of Wales (1991), Stirling (1992),East Anglia (1993), Leeds (1995), Heriot-Watt (1996), Greenwich (1997), Glamorgan (1998), Reading (1999), Birmingham (2000), Gloucestershire (2001) and Hull (2002)
- Founder member of the International Society for Science and Religion
- Founder of the Hadley Centre
