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Basil John Mason

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Sir Basil John Mason, CB, FRS (18 August 1923 – 6 January 2015), better known as John Mason, was an expert on cloud physics and former Director-General of the Meteorological Office from 1965 to 1983 and Chancellor of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) from 1994 to 1996. [1]

31 relations: Appleton Medal and Prize, Cloud physics, Docking, Norfolk, Doctor of Science, Fakenham, Fellow of the Royal Society, Glazebrook Medal, Grammar school, Heriot-Watt University, Imperial College London, Institute of Physics, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, International Physics Olympiad, Knight Bachelor, List of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1965, Mason equation, Met Office, National Portrait Gallery, London, Order of the Bath, Oxford University Press, Royal Medal, Royal Meteorological Society, Rumford Medal, Rutherford Medal and Prize, Symons Gold Medal, University of London, University of Manchester, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, University of Nottingham, University of Reading, World Meteorological Organization.

Appleton Medal and Prize

The Appleton medal and prize is awarded for distinguished research in environmental, earth or atmospheric physics.

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Cloud physics

Cloud physics is the study of the physical processes that lead to the formation, growth and precipitation of atmospheric clouds.

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Docking, Norfolk

Docking is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk and contains the highest point in North West Norfolk.

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Doctor of Science

Doctor of Science (Latin: Scientiae Doctor), usually abbreviated Sc.D., D.Sc., S.D., or D.S., is an academic research degree awarded in a number of countries throughout the world.

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Fakenham

Fakenham is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England.

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Fellow of the Royal Society

Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society judges to have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science and medical science".

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Glazebrook Medal

The Glazebrook Medal is awarded annually by the Institute of Physics to recognise leadership in the field of physics.

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Grammar school

A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school, differentiated in recent years from less academic Secondary Modern Schools.

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Heriot-Watt University

Heriot-Watt University is a public university based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Imperial College London

Imperial College London (officially Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom.

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Institute of Physics

The Institute of Physics (IOP) is a scientific charity that works to advance physics education, research and application.

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Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland

The Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland (IESIS) is a multi-disciplinary professional body and learned society, founded in Scotland, for professional engineers in all disciplines and for those associated with or taking an interest in their work.

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International Physics Olympiad

The International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) is an annual physics competition for high school students.

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Knight Bachelor

The dignity of Knight Bachelor is the most basic and lowest rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system.

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List of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1965

This page lists Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1965.

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Mason equation

The Mason equation is an approximate analytical expression for the growth (due to condensation) or evaporation of a water droplet—it is due to the meteorologist B. J. Mason.

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Met Office

The Met Office (officially the Meteorological Office) is the United Kingdom's national weather service.

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National Portrait Gallery, London

The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London housing a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people.

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Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath) is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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Royal Medal

A Royal Medal, known also as The King's Medal or The Queen's Medal, depending on the gender of the monarch at the time of the award, is a silver-gilt medal, of which three are awarded each year by the Royal Society, two for "the most important contributions to the advancement of natural knowledge" and one for "distinguished contributions in the applied sciences", done within the Commonwealth of Nations.

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Royal Meteorological Society

The Royal Meteorological Society is a long-established institution that promotes academic and public engagement in weather and climate science.

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Rumford Medal

The Rumford Medal is an award bestowed by Britain's Royal Society every alternating year for "an outstandingly important recent discovery in the field of thermal or optical properties of matter made by a scientist working in Europe".

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Rutherford Medal and Prize

The Rutherford Medal and Prize is a subject award of the Institute of Physics, presented once every two years for distinguished research in nuclear physics or nuclear technology.

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Symons Gold Medal

The Symons Gold Medal is awarded biennially by the Royal Meteorological Society for distinguished work in the field of meteorological science.

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University of London

The University of London (abbreviated as Lond. or more rarely Londin. in post-nominals) is a collegiate and a federal research university located in London, England.

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University of Manchester

The University of Manchester is a public research university in Manchester, England, formed in 2004 by the merger of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and the Victoria University of Manchester.

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University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology

The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) was a university based in the centre of the city of Manchester in England.

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University of Nottingham

The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, United Kingdom.

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University of Reading

The University of Reading is a public university located in Reading, Berkshire, England.

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World Meteorological Organization

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 191 Member States and Territories.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_John_Mason

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