G. M. B. Dobson
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Gordon Miller Bourne Dobson CBE FRS[1] (25 February 1889 – 10 March 1976) was a British physicist and meteorologist who did important work on ozone.[2][3]
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Born | George Miller Bourne Dobson (1889-02-25)25 February 1889 Knott End, Windermere |
Died | 10 March 1976(1976-03-10) (aged 87) |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Known for | Brewer–Dobson circulation Dobson unit Dobson spectrometer |
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Children | 3 |
Awards | FRS (1927) Symons Gold Medal (1939) Rumford Medal (1942) Royal Society Bakerian Medal (1945) Chree medal and prize (1949) CBE (1951) |
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Fields | Atmospheric physics |
Institutions | University of Oxford |
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