John Houghton (physicist)

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.

30 December 1931

Born on the same birth date (30 December 1931): Frank Torre • Skeeter Davis

Born on the same birth day (30 December): A. J. Pierzynski • Adolfo Ruiz Cortines • Ato Boldon • Dave England • Guy Edwards • Helge Ingstad • Ingus Baušķenieks • Jay Kay • Mike Pompeo • Milan Šrejber • Nick Symmonds • Paul Bowles • Rudyard Kipling • Sandy Koufax • Ōzutsu Man'emon

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