What is John T. Houghton?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Sir John T. Houghton |image =John Houghton High Wycombe 20050226.jpg |image_size =150px |caption = Sir John Houghton speaking at a climate change conference in 2005 |birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1931|12|30}} |birth_place = [[Dyserth]], [[Wales]], U.K. |death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2020|4|15|1931|12|30}} |death_place = |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = British |field = [[Atmospheric physics]] |work_institutions = {{ublist | [[University of Oxford]] | [[Met Office]] }} |alma_mater = [[Jesus College, Oxford]] (B.A., 1951, M.A, 1955, PhD, 1955)<ref>{{cite web|title=Prof. Sir John Houghton – Brief biography |url=http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-sirjohnhoughton.php |publisher=consejoculturalmundial.org |access-date=8 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029233107/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-sirjohnhoughton.php |archive-date=29 October 2013 }}</ref> |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for = |author_abbrev_bot =|author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |prizes = {{no wrap|[[The Chree Medal and Prize]] (1979)<br>[[Japan Prize]] (2006)<br>[[Albert Einstein World Award of Science]] (2009)}} |footnotes = |signature = }}'''Sir John Theodore Houghton''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|FRS|FLSW}} (30 December 1931 &ndash; 15 April 2020) was a [[Wales|Welsh]] [[atmospheric physics|atmospheric physicist]]. He was the co-chair of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] winning [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]]'s (IPCC). He was the lead editor of first three IPCC reports. He was professor in [[atmospheric physics]] at the [[University of Oxford]]. He also was a Director General at the [[Met Office]] and founder of the [[Hadley Centre]]. He was elected a member of the [[Academia Europaea]] in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/