John T. Houghton

Sir John Theodore Houghton (30 December 1931 – 15 April 2020) was a Welsh 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.

Sir John T. Houghton
Sir John Houghton speaking at a climate change conference in 2005
Born	(1931-12-30)30 December 1931 Dyserth, Wales, U.K.
Died	15 April 2020(2020-04-15) (aged 88)
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Jesus College, Oxford (B.A., 1951, M.A, 1955, PhD, 1955)
Awards	The Chree Medal and Prize (1979) Japan Prize (2006) Albert Einstein World Award of Science (2009)
Scientific career
Fields	Atmospheric physics
Institutions	University of Oxford Met Office

Houghton died of COVID-19 on 15 April 2020, aged 88.