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John Houghton

1931 - 2020

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Sir John Theodore Houghton (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. He was the lead editor of 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.He was the president of the John Ray Initiative, an organisation "connecting Environment, Science and Christianity", where he has compared the stewardship of the Earth, to the stewardship of the Garden of Eden by Adam and Eve. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Houghton has received more than 8,262 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). John Houghton is the 779th most popular physicist (down from 743rd in 2019), the 5,249th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,196th in 2019) and the 87th most popular British Physicist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.3k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Houghtons by language

Over the past year John Houghton has had the most page views in the with 2,159 views, followed by German (1,270), and Spanish (827). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are French (169.88%), Korean (127.41%), and Southern Azerbaijani (102.88%)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, John Houghton ranks 779 out of 851. Before her are Hedwig Kohn, Walter Munk, Brian Cox, Jeffrey Goldstone, James M. Bardeen, and Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain. After her are Ronald Drever, Bertrand Halperin, James Hartle, Samuel King Allison, Daniel Kleppner, and John Pendry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, John Houghton ranks 551. Before her are Felix Sobolev, George Baker, Elliott Belgrave, Flora Nwapa, Barbara Barrie, and Ken Bates. After her are Ronald Drever, Tadeusz Rut, Maxine Singer, Gianuario Carta, Bill Hoskyns, and Clifford Jordan. Among people deceased in 2020, John Houghton ranks 676. Before her are Owen Arthur, Millie Small, Michael Wheeler, Clayton Christensen, Antonina Ryzhova, and Stephen Tataw. After her are Arturo Chaires, Hossein Sheikholeslam, Otto Leodolter, Vitold Kreyer, Joe Williams, and Jan Kowalczyk.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Houghton ranks 5,249 out of 8,785. Before her are Flora Murray (1869), Sonique (1965), Angela Scoular (1945), Ralph Bagnold (1896), Kate O'Mara (1939), and Eamonn Walker (1962). After her are W. Morgan Sheppard (1932), Emile Heskey (1978), Tony Nash (1936), Andy Taylor (1961), Keeley Hawes (1976), and Ronald Drever (1931).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, John Houghton ranks 87. Before her are Bernard Lovell (1913), Gilbert Walker (1868), Balfour Stewart (1828), Charles Sheffield (1935), Brian Cox (1968), and Jeffrey Goldstone (1933). After her are Ronald Drever (1931), John Pendry (1943), Edward Andrade (1887), and Jess Wade (1988).

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