Sir John Mason | |
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| Born | Basil John Mason 18 August 1923[2] Docking, Norfolk, England |
| Died | 6 January 2015 (aged 91) |
| Alma mater | University College, Nottingham |
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Sir Basil John Mason CB FRS[1] (18 August 1923 – 6 January 2015) was an expert on cloud physics[3] 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.[2][4]
- ^ a b Browning, Keith A. (2015). "Sir (Basil) John Mason CB. 18 August 1923 – 6 January 2015". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 62: 359–380. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2015.0028. ISSN 0080-4606.
- ^ a b "MASON, Sir (Basil) John". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Gay, Hannah (2007). The history of Imperial College London, 1907–2007: higher education and research in science, technology and medicine. World Scientific. pp. 376–. ISBN 978-1-86094-709-4. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ^ Reflections by Sir John Mason CB DSc FRS on his time as Director-General of the Meteorological Office, Royal Meteorological Society