Peter Brimblecombe

Peter Brimblecombe
Born1949 (age 74–75)
Canberra, Australia
Alma materUniversity of Auckland
Known for
AwardsSocietà Chimica Italiana Gold Medal
2005
Scientific career
FieldsAtmospheric Chemistry
Institutions
Thesis The Aqueous Oxidation of Atmospheric Sulphur Dioxide  (1973)
Doctoral advisorDavid John Spedding
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

Peter Brimblecombe (born 1949)[1] is an Australian-born, British atmospheric chemist, currently emeritus professor of atmospheric chemistry at the University of East Anglia and National Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan.[2][3][4] In a five-decade research career, he has written or co-authored seven books and around 350 peer-reviewed papers on air pollution and its effects on human health and the environment,[5] but is probably best known as the author of The Big Smoke, which has been described as a definitive history of air pollution.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ "Brimblecombe, Peter, 1949-". US Library of Congress. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Dr. Peter Brimblecombe to Deliver Annual Hopke Distinguished Lecture at Clarkson University on April 13". 13 April 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Peter Brimblecombe". University of East Anglia. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Peter Brimblecombe (Emeritus Professor)". National Sun Yat-sen University. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Scopus Profile: Brimblecombe, Peter". Scopus. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  6. ^ Pearce, Fred (5 December 1992). "Back to the days of deadly smogs: Forty years ago this week, four thousand Londoners died in the worst air-pollution disaster on record. London has cleaned up its act, but smog is killing again in other cities". New Scientist. Retrieved 2 June 2023. ... says Peter Brimblecombe ... whose book The Big Smoke is the definitive history of London's air pollution...
  7. ^ Lean, Geoffrey (6 December 2012). "The Great Smog of London". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 June 2023. ... as Prof Peter Brimblecombe in his classic book The Big Smoke, records...
  8. ^ Philip Eden (20 November 2008). Great British Weather Disasters. A&C Black. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-8264-7621-0. OCLC 298177812. According to Peter Brimblecombe who wrote The Big Smoke - the definitive history of air pollution in London...