Charles Houghton

M, #85051, b. 20 January 1912

Biography

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Corresponded with authorN
BirthJan 20, 1912Butte, MT, USA, age 8 in 1920 census
1940 Census1940Seattle, WA, USA, age 58, widow1
Occupation1940auto mechanic
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Seattle, King, Washington; Roll: m-t0627-04381; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 40-237B.

Myrtle E. Miller1,2

F, #85052, b. circa 1880

Family: William Harry Houghton b. 24 Aug 1876

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Birthcirca 1880MI, USA, age 30 in 1910 census; age 40 in 1920 census2
Marriagecirca 1902age 8 in 1910 census1,2
1910 Census1910Seattle, King Co., WA, USA, age 32, jeweler, jewelry store; and sister in law Esther C. Miller, 18, WA2
1920 Census1920Seattle, King Co., WA, USA, age 42, retail jeweler3
ParentsDfather born in IL, mother born in OH in 1910 census; father born in OH, mother born in MI in 1920 census
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1308] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online http://content.ancestry.com, 1991931.
  2. [S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , Seattle Ward 12, King, Washington; Roll: T624_1662; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 203;
    line 89, dwl 9230-45-45.
  3. [S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , Seattle, King, Washington; Roll: T625_1930; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 315; line 28, dwl 9280-59-62.

(?) Hart1

M, #85053

Family: Mary Hart b. c 1844

Biography

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BirthEngland
Marriage
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S16] CJV opinion.

Clare Hart

F, #85054, b. December 1870

Family 1: Frank Houghton b. Aug 1867

  • Marriage*: Clare Hart married Frank Houghton on circa 1889 11 y mar in 1900.

Family 2: Ben Haverlamp b. c 1861

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthDec, 1870England, age 29 in 1900 census; age 48 in 1920 census1
Immigration18731
Marriagecirca 188911 y mar in 1900
Note19002 children born, 1 living
1900 Census1900Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA, age 33, foreman bicycle factory1
Marriage
1920 Census1920Tacoma, Pierce Co., WA, USA, age 59, cigar manufacturer2
1930 Census1930Tacoma, WA, USA, age 58
ParentsDparents born in England
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Chicago Ward 15, Cook, Illinois; Roll T623_265; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 497; line 56, dwl 1511-219-292.
  2. [S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , Tacoma Ward 2, Pierce, Washington; Roll: T625_1936; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 255; line 9, dwl 507-37-61.
  3. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Rootsweb.Com, Houghton Surname, California Death Records, 1940-1997, Feb. 4, 2002.

Frank Houghton1

M, #85055, b. August 1867

Family: Clare Hart b. Dec 1870

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthAug, 1867NY, USA, age 33 in 1900 census1
Marriagecirca 188911 y mar in 1900
1900 Census1900Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA, age 33, foreman bicycle factory1
ParentsSfather born in MA, mother born in NJ2
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Chicago Ward 15, Cook, Illinois; Roll T623_265; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 497; line 56, dwl 1511-219-292.
  2. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Chicago Ward 15, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 265; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 497; FHL microfilm: 1240265; line 56, dwl 1511-217-292.

Ben Haverlamp

M, #85056, b. circa 1861

Family: Clare Hart b. Dec 1870

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Birthcirca 1861PA, USA, age 59 in 1920 census
Marriage
1920 Census1920Tacoma, Pierce Co., WA, USA, age 59, cigar manufacturer1
ParentsSfather born in Scotland, mother born in Holland
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , Tacoma Ward 2, Pierce, Washington; Roll: T625_1936; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 255; line 9, dwl 507-37-61.

Delmark B. Haverlamp

M, #85057, b. circa 1899

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Birthcirca 1899WA, USA, age 21 in 1920 census
Pedigree

Allie William Houghton1

M, #85058, b. 21 July 1897

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthJul 21, 1897Port Arthur, TX, USA1
Mil. DraftJun 5, 1918Spokane, Spokane Co., WA, USA, age 21, not employed, living in hotel1
Duplicate
ParentsSparents born in England1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1308] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online http://content.ancestry.com, 1992105.

William Charles Houghton1

M, #85059, b. 25 February 1887

Family: Mary (?) b. c 1894

  • Marriage*: William Charles Houghton married Mary (?)2

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthFeb 25, 1887USA, age 35 in 1921 census1
Immigration1912
Marriage2
Mil. Draftbetween 1917 and 1918Spokane, Spokane Co., WA, USA, age 37, farmer, Calgary, Alberta1
Residencebetween 1917 and 1918Calgary, Alberta, Canada, of wife1
1921 Canadian Censu1921Calgary, Alberta, Canada, age 35, farmer2
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1308] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online http://content.ancestry.com, 1992107.
  2. [S1506] Ancestry.com, 1916 Canadian Census, 4; Census Place: , Calgary West, Alberta; Page Number: 19.

Lee Houghton

M, #85060, b. circa 1865

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Birthcirca 1865GA, USA, age 15 in 1880 census
Pedigree

E. P. Houghton1

M, #85061, b. September 1872

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthSep, 1872MI, USA, age 27 in 1900 census1
1900 Census1900Chippewa Indian Reservation, Cass Co., MN, USA, age 27, cook1
ParentsSfather born in England, mother born in Germany1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Chippewa Indian Reservation, Cass Co., Minnesota; Roll: T623 759, Enumeration District: 327; Page: 9A; line 23, dwl 205-205.

William J. Houghton1

M, #85062, b. June 1869

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthJun, 1869WI, USA, age 30 in 1900 census1
1900 Census1900Barnesville, Clay Co., MN, USA, age 30, RR blacksmith1
1910 Census1910Magnolia, Rock Co., WI, USA, age 40, single, farm laborer2
ParentsSparents born in Ireland1
DuplicateRock Co., WI, USA2
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Barnesville, Clay Co., Minnesota; Roll: T623 759, Enumeration District: 301; Page: 2B; line 81, dwl 41-41.
  2. [S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , Magnolia, Rock, Wisconsin; Roll: T624_1735; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 123; line 74, dwl 97-98.

George Houghton1

M, #85063, b. November 1837

Family: ?? (?) b. Dec 1848

  • Marriage*: George Houghton married ?? (?) mar 40 years in 1900 census.1

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthNov, 1837VT, USA, age 62 in 1900 census1
Marriagemar 40 years in 1900 census1
Children+19007 children born, 5 living
1900 Census1900Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN, USA, age 62, retired1
ResearchMN, USA
ParentsSparents born in VT1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Minneapolis, Ward 2, Hennepin Co., Minnesota; Roll: T623 766; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 12; line 13, dwl 520-165-219.

?? (?)1

F, #85064, b. December 1848

Family: George Houghton b. Nov 1837

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthDec, 1848PA, USA, age 51 in 1900 census1
Marriagemar 40 years in 1900 census1
ParentsDparents born in PA1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Minneapolis, Ward 2, Hennepin Co., Minnesota; Roll: T623 766; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 12; line 13, dwl 520-165-219.

George M. Houghton1

M, #85065, b. January 1869

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthJan, 1869MN, USA, age 31 in 1900 census1
Occupation1900bank clerk
1910 Census1910Boise, Ada Co., ID, USA, age 42, a clerk, single2
Duplicate
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Minneapolis, Ward 2, Hennepin Co., Minnesota; Roll: T623 766; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 12; line 13, dwl 520-165-219.
  2. [S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , Boise, Ada, Idaho; Roll: T624_221; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 9; line 3, dwl 432.

Wealthy L. (?)1

F, #85066, b. 2 August 1846

Family: Augustus Emery Houghton b. 18 Jan 1835, d. 21 Oct 1909

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthAug 2, 1846WI, USA, age 53 in 1900 census; also Aug 1845, MI, age 54 in 1900 census; bd, age 54 in 1901 census; also 3 Aug 1845, MI1,2
Marriagecirca 1886mar 14 y in 1900; also mar 34 & 331
1901 Canadian Census1901Carievale, Assiniboia (east/est), Saskatchewan, Canada, age 66, farmer; The Territories3
BurialPleasant Valley Cemetery, Othello, WA, USA
ParentsDparents born in WI1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Irving, Kandiyohi, Minnesota; Roll: T623 772; Enumeration District: 75; Page: 7B;line 57; dwl 107-240-290.
  2. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Duluth Ward 5, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: T623 790; Enumeration District: 276; Page: 4A; line 15; dwl 62-62.
  3. [S1503] Ancestry.com, 1901 Canadian Census, Carievale, Assiniboia (east/est), The Territories; Page: 4; Family No: 49.

Edith Cotter1

F, #85067, b. November 1873, d. 1920

Family: Ernest Nelson Houghton b. Jan 1870, d. 1910

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthNov, 1873MN, USA, age 26 in 1900 census; age 31 in 1906 census; age 46 in 1920 census1
Marriagecirca 1898mar 2 y in 19001
1906 Special Canada1906Carievale, Assiniboia East, Saskatchewan, Canada, age 35, head; next door to brother Emory2
Death1920
BurialPleasant Valley Cemetery, Othello, WA, USA
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Irving, Kandiyohi, Minnesota; Roll: T623 772; Enumeration District: 75; Page: 7B;line 57; dwl 107-240-290.
  2. [S1504] Ancestry.com, 1906 Special Canadian Census, Assiniboia East, Saskatchewan; Page: 14; Family No: 123.
  3. [S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , Lind, Adams, Washington; Roll: T625_1920; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 9; line 58, dwl 54-54.

Lura Houghton1

F, #85068, b. 3 July 1879

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthJul 3, 1879MN, USA, Jul 1880, age 19 in 1900 census; bd, age 21 in 1901 census1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Irving, Kandiyohi, Minnesota; Roll: T623 772; Enumeration District: 75; Page: 7B;line 57; dwl 107-240-290.

Charlotte E. Houghton1

F, #85069, b. July 1865

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthJul, 1865Canada, age 34 in 1900 census1
Immigration1900
1900 Census1900Hallock, Kittson Co., MN, USA, age 34, servant, housekeeper; Agnes is a boarder1
ParentsDfather born in England, mother born in Canada1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Hallock, Kittson, Minnesota; Roll: T623 772; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 90; line 94, dwl 190.

(?) Houghton

M, #85070

Family:

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthEngland
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Hallock, Kittson, Minnesota; Roll: T623 772; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 90; line 95, dwl 190.

Agnes A. Houghton1

F, #85071, b. June 1869

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthJun, 1869Canada, age 30 in 1900 census1
Occupation1900dressmaker
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Hallock, Kittson, Minnesota; Roll: T623 772; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 90; line 95, dwl 190.

Samuel R. Houghton1

M, #85072, b. December 1871

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthDec, 1871IN, USA, age 28 in 1900 census1
1900 Census1900Two Harbors, Lake Co., MN, USA, age 28, RR brakeman1
ParentsSparents born in IN1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Two Harbors, Lake, Minnesota; Roll: T623 772; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 92; line 95, dwl 324.

Frank W. Brown1

M, #85073, b. June 1871, d. 20 March 1930

Family: Ida May Houghton b. 11 Jun 1876, d. 10 Jan 1961

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthJun, 1871MN, USA, age 28 in 1900 census1
Marriagemar 7 years in 1900 census1
DeathMar 20, 1930Meeker Co., MN, USA
ParentsSfather born in Wisconsin, mother born in Indiana1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Manannah, Meeker, Minnesota; Roll: T623 775; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 106; line 78, dwl 110-110.

Pearl Brown1

F, #85074, b. December 1896

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthDec, 1896MN, USA, age 3 in 1900 census1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Manannah, Meeker, Minnesota; Roll: T623 775; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 106; line 78, dwl 110-110.

Clarence Brown1

F, #85075, b. February 1898

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthFeb, 1898MN, USA, age 2 in 1900 census1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Manannah, Meeker, Minnesota; Roll: T623 775; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 106; line 78, dwl 110-110.

Maude Brown1

F, #85076, b. March 1899

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthMar, 1899MN, USA, age 1 in 1900 census1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Manannah, Meeker, Minnesota; Roll: T623 775; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 106; line 78, dwl 110-110.

Charles Houghton1

M, #85077, b. January 1861

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthJan, 1861MN, USA, age 39 in 1900 census1
1900 Census1900St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN, USA, age 39, single, roomer, saloon keeper1
ParentsSparents born in Germany1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , St Paul Ward 4, Ramsey, Minnesota; Roll: T623 783; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 89; ; line 32, dwl 493.

Sir Dr. John Theodore Houghton PhD

M, #85078, b. 1931, d. 15 April 2020

Biography

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A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
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Birth1931Wales
Authorbetween 1966 and 1996[ 1 ]      Houghton, John Theodore      Climate change 1992 : the supplementary report to the IPCC scientific assessment / [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] ; edited by J.T. Houghton, B.A. Callander and S.K. Varney.      Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992.
[ 2 ]      Houghton, John Theodore      Climate change 1994 : radiative forcing of climate change and an evaluation of the IPCC IS92 emission scenarios / editors J.T. Houghton ... [et al.].      Cambridge [England] ; New York : Published for the Intergovernmental Panel onClimate Change, Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Location: GEOSCIENCE      Call Number: QC981.8.C5 C5125 1995
[ 3 ]      Houghton, John Theodore      Climate change 1995 : the science of climate change / edited by J.T. Houghton ... [et al.] ; production editor, J.A. Lakeman.      Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Location: GEOSCIENCE      Call Number: QC981.8.C5 C5128 1996      
[ 4 ]      Houghton, John Theodore      Climate change 2001 : the scientific basis : contribution of Working Group I to the third assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change / edited by J.T. Houghton ... [et al.].      Cambridge, U.K; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
[ 5 ]      Houghton, John Theodore      Climate change : the IPCC scientific assessment / edited by J.T. Houghton, G.J. Jenkins, and J.J. Ephraums.      Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.
[ 6 ]      Houghton, John Theodore      Global climate / edited by John T. Houghton.      Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984.
Location: GEOSCIENCE      Call Number: QC981 .G53 1984
[ 7 ]      Houghton, John Theodore      Global warming : the complete briefing / John Houghton.      Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
[ 8 ]      Houghton, John Theodore      Infra-red physics [by] J.T. Houghton and S.D. Smith.      Oxford, Clarendon P., 1966.
Location: OFFSITE      Call Number: QC457 .H6      
[ 9 ]      Houghton, John Theodore      Physics of atmospheres / John Houghton.      New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
[ 10 ]      Houghton, John Theodore      Physics of atmospheres / John T. Houghton.      Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986.
Location: GEOSCIENCE      Call Number: QC880 .H68 1986
[ 11 ]      Houghton, John Theodore      Physics of atmospheres / John T. Houghton.      Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1977.
Location: GEOSCIENCE      Call Number: QC880 .H68      
[ 12 ]      Houghton, John Theodore      Remote sounding of atmospheres / J.T. Houghton, F.W. Taylor, C.D. Rodgers.      Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984.
Location: GEOLOGY      Call Number: QC871 .H78 19841      
Note20092009 Albert Einstein World Award of Science
DeathApr 15, 2020Wales
ObituaryApr 21, 2020From the Washington Post, April 21, 2020--written by Andrew Freedman: April 20, 2020 at 8:10 p.m. EDT

John Houghton, a Welsh atmospheric physicist who bridged the science, policy and religious communities and served as lead editor of groundbreaking studies for the United Nations’ climate science advisory group when it won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, died April 15 in Wales. He was 88.

The cause was suspected complications from covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, his granddaughter Hannah Malcolm said via Twitter.

Dr. Houghton was among the most influential early leaders of the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which was set up in 1988 to advise policymakers on the science of global climate change. He was the chief editor for the IPCC’s first three reports and chaired or co-chaired the panel’s scientific assessment committee as well.

The first IPCC report, released in 1990, helped spur world leaders to convene the Rio Earth Summit two years later. At that landmark gathering, virtually all nations committed to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), an ambitious treaty requiring countries to prevent “dangerous interference” with the global climate. Each round of annual U.N. climate negotiations since then have taken place under the auspices of the UNFCCC.

The second IPCC report in 1995 informed negotiators of the Kyoto Protocol, an agreement that forced developed nations to commit to binding greenhouse gas emissions limits, while developing countries took other steps.

The third IPCC report, published in 2001, for the first time attributed “most of the observed warming over the last 50 years” to the human-caused buildup of greenhouse gases in the air. It also documented rising seas, melting glaciers and other signs of a rapidly warming planet.

In 2007, Dr. Houghton was among the IPCC scientists who collected the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on behalf of the organization, which shared the award that year with former vice president Al Gore “for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change.”

Dr. Houghton was also the director general and chief executive of the U.K. Meteorological Office from 1983 to 1991 and established the organization’s Hadley Centre for Climate Science and Services, which is now one of the world’s foremost research organizations on climate science.

His work on climate research began in the 1960s when the focus, amid the Cold War, was on studying potential changes in the atmosphere in the event of nuclear fallout. At the University of Oxford, he conducted research into the temperature structure and composition of the atmosphere using NASA’s Nimbus satellites.

By the 1980s, Dr. Houghton was on the vanguard of studying the alarming levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. He joined the nascent IPCC and tried to convince policymakers of the existential threat of climate change. “In our first IPCC report,” he told the South Wales Echo, “it became very clear to us that there was some real danger ahead, without being able to spell it out as clearly as we can now.”

His argument was scientific, but he imbued it with the moral imperative and obligation of his Christian faith.

In particular, he expressed a deep concern for how the “grave and imminent danger” of the climate crisis would impact tens of millions of vulnerable people in developing nations. “As a Christian I feel we have a responsibility to love our neighbors,” he often said, “and that doesn’t just mean our neighbors next door. It means our poorer neighbors in the poorer parts of the world.”

“The climate is changing faster than it has changed for possibly 10,000 years,” he told the Irish News in 2007. “Adapting to that change is going to be difficult for us as humans. Sea levels are rising and this century will displace 10 million people in Bangladesh and 25 million in south China. Where are these people going to go?”

John Theodore Houghton was born in Dyserth, Wales, on Dec. 30, 1931. He won a scholarship at 16 to Oxford, where he studied physics at Jesus College. He received a bachelor’s degree in 1951 and a doctorate in 1955 and went on to become a professor of atmospheric physics at Oxford.

In 1972, Dr. Houghton was elected a fellow of the Royal Society, the world’s oldest continuous scientific society. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1991, won the Royal Astronomical Society’s Gold Medal in 1995 and was honored with the Japan Prize in 2006.

As the science on human-caused climate change became clearer over time, Dr. Houghton’s warnings about its consequences grew more urgent. In 2003 he wrote that climate change constituted “a weapon of mass destruction.”

Dr. Houghton wrote the book “Global Warming: The Complete Briefing” (1994), now in its fourth edition. He was the author of widely used atmospheric physics textbooks as well as two books on science and religion. He also published a memoir, “In the Eye of the Storm” (2013).

His first wife, Margaret Portman, died in 1986. Two years later, he married Sheila Thompson. In addition to his wife, survivors include two children from his first marriage and seven grandchildren.

Bob Watson, a former chairman of the IPCC and chief environmental science adviser to the British prime minister, said Dr. Houghton was a rare breed of scientist who had “incredible credibility within the science community and within the policy community.” His outreach to the religious community, Watson said in an interview, made him especially unusual.

In 1997, Dr. Houghton helped form the John Ray Initiative, an educational charity focused on the intersection of science, the environment and Christianity.

“I think it’s a very exciting thing to put scientific knowledge alongside religious beliefs,” he told the Western Mail in 2007. “The biggest thing that can ever happen to anybody is to get a relationship with the one who has created the universe. .?.?. In the great scientific awakening of 300 years ago with people like Sir Isaac Newton, Robert Boyle and Sir Christopher Wren and others who used to meet and talk about science in that great time — they were nearly all Christians.”

“Why were they doing their science?” he continued. “They were doing their science to explore what God has done. They said quite openly, ‘We’re doing this for the glory of God.’ ”
NotableWorld famous climate scientist; lead editor of groundbreaking IPCC studies on climate change for the United Nations’ climate science advisory group when it won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007
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BiographyWikipedia: Sir John T. Houghton FRS CBE is the co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's working group I. He was the lead editor of first three IPCC reports. He was professor in atmospheric physics at the University of Oxford, former Chief Executive at the Met Office and founder of the Hadley Centre.

In 2003 he wrote:

As a climate scientist who has worked on this issue for several decades, first as head of the Met Office, and then as co-chair of scientific assessment for the UN intergovernmental panel on climate change, the impacts of global warming are such that I have no hesitation in describing it as a "weapon of mass destruction". [1]

As co-chair of the IPCC, he defends the IPCC process, in particular against charges failure to consider non-CO2 explanations of climate change. In evidence to, the Select Committee on Science and Technology in 2000 he said:

We do try, in the IPCC, to look very hard at alternative explanations, and spend, actually, probably more time than we should on some of them, because they get so much publicity. We actually spend more time, for instance, on the solar variations, about which we have very little real scientific evidence but which some people have exploited in the media a great deal... [2]

He has accused countries such as Saudi Arabia, fed information by American coal and oil lobbyists, of attempting to subvert the IPCC process:

The IPCC tries to ignore those political differences and tries to make sure that, in IPCC meetings, those political differences do not influence the debate. Now that, of course, is quite difficult, because, not so much with the USA but with the oil countries, in particular Saudi Arabia and some of the oil-producing countries, who are strongly fed with information by the American lobby, actually, the American coal and oil lobbyists, they can be very difficult, in some of these meetings, because they try very hard to weaken, or to change, or to alter, scientific conclusions. But, so far, we have been able to, I think, successfully resist those influences, because we stick very firmly to a presentation of the science, not the political interpretation of that science. (ibid)

In further evidence, he agreed with the statement that most of the scientific objection to the consensus is actually from vested interests within the oil/coal lobby, rather than from scientists. When asked his view of green groups such as Greenpeace or Friends of the Earth, as to whether they have they been generally responsible, or have they exaggerated the argument for their own purposes?, he replied that They vary from one green group to another, but some of the green groups are really very responsible. They do tend to emphasise, of course, the larger effects. On the other hand, some green groups have produced documents which are really exaggerations... [3]

John Houghton also applies a Christian perspective to his views, to emphasise the need for long term thinking. In 25th May 2001, in the Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College, Cambridge, he said:

...why we should be concerned about climate change. It is a problem that is well downstream; many of us will not be much affected ourselves but it is going to affect our children and our grandchildren... It is our children and our grandchildren who will experience the impacts of climate change. I remember in 1990 when the first IPCC report came out, the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher showed a lot of interest... one of the cabinet ministers asked me, "When's all this going to happen?" I replied that in 20 or 30 years we can expect to see some large effects. "Oh" he said, "that's OK, it'll see me out". But it won't see his children or grandchildren out. Christians and other religious people believe that we've been put on the earth to look after it. Creation is not just important to us, we believe also it is important to God and that the rest of creation has an importance of its own... we are destroying forests, important forests. When I say "we" I mean "we" the human race of which we are part. We are party to the destruction, we allow it to happen, in fact it helps to make us richer. We really need to take our responsibility as ‘gardeners' more seriously. [4]
Biographical

* Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Deputy Director: 1981-1983
* Appleton Labortory, Director: 1979-1983
* University of Oxford, Atmospheric Physics Department, Lecturer, 1958-1963, Reader, 1963-1973, Professor: 1973-1983
* UK Meteorological Office, Director General and Chief Executive: 1983-1991
Service

* UK Government Panel on Sustainable Development, Member: 1994-2000
* UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, Chairman: 1992-1998
* Scientific Assessment for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Chairman and Co-Chairman: 1988-2002.
* European Space Agency, Earth Observation Advisory Committee: 1980
* Royal Meteorological Society, President: 1976-1978

Awards

* Japan Prize (2006)
* Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal
* International Meteorological Organisation Prize (1999)
* American Meteorological Society, Honorary Member (1998)
* Global 500 Award, under the United Nations Environmental Programme (1994)
* Symons Memorial Medal, Royal Meteorological Society (1991)

Books

* Global Warming : The Complete Briefing, Cambridge University Press (2004) ISBN 0521528747
* The Physics of Atmospheres, Cambridge University Press (2001) ISBN 0521011221
Research
NotableEnglish Climatologist; major scientist in global warming; Royal Society
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Columbia University Libraries Online Catalog: Houghton Surname search, Nov. 2003.
  2. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.

Lucy Hill1,2

F, #85079, b. July 1873

Family 1: Edward Holmes Houghton b. 8 Feb 1872, d. 30 Dec 1905

Family 2: Charles Fenton b. c 1865, d. b 1940

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthJul, 1873MN, USA, age 26 in 1900 census; age 37 in 1910 census; age 47 in 1920 census; age 67 in 1940 census1
Marriagecirca 1897mar 3 year in 1900 census1
Note19104 children born, 4 living
1910 Census1910Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN, USA, age 37, own grocery storekeeper, widow; and mother Julia C. Hill and sister Clara Bell Hill2
Marriage3
1920 Census1920International Falls, Koochiching Co., MN, USA, age 55, hotel proprietor3
ParentsDfather born in NY, mother, Julia C. Hill, born in ME1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , St Paul Ward 11, Ramsey, Minnesota; Roll: T623 786; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 153; line 31, dwl 372.
  2. [S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , Minneapolis Ward 8, Hennepin, Minnesota; Roll: T624_703; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 132;
    line 16, dwl 2737-40-50.
  3. [S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , International Falls, Koochiching, Minnesota; Roll T625_842; Page: 35A; Enumeration District: 52; line 11, dwl 621-626.

Vesta N. Houghton1

F, #85080, b. June 1898

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthJun, 1898MN, USA, age 1 in 1900 census; age 11 in 1910 census1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Fair Haven, Stearns, Minnesota; Roll: T623 792; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 147; Line 87, dwl 63-65.