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Authorised form of nameSawyer; John Stanley (1916 - 2000)
Dates1916 - 2000
NationalityBritish
Place of birthWembley, Middlesex, England
Date of birth19/06/1916
Date of death19/09/2000
OccupationMeteorologist
ActivityEducation:
Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith; Jesus College, Cambridge. MA
Career:
Technical Officer, Meteorological Office; involved in weather forecasting for RAF stations (World War 2); went to India, to be involved in co-ordinating meteorological service in South-East Asia Air Command (1943); staff, Forecast Research Division, Dunstable, from its inception (1949); Chairman, British National Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics (1961); Assistant Director (Dynamical Research), Meteorological Office; Director of Research, Meteorological Office (1965-1976); President, Commission for atmospheric sciences, World Meteorological Organisation (1968-1973); retired (1976); member, National Environment Research Council
Memberships:
FRMS (President 1963-1965)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election15/03/1962
Age at election45
RelationshipsMarried Betty; one daughter
SourcesSources:
Times obituary 25/10/00
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2002 vol 48 pp 405-416, plate, by Sir John Mason FRS
Royal Society codeNA4980
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
IM/GA/WRS/8997Sawyer, John Stanleynd
EC/1962/20Sawyer, John Stanley: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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