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Hubert Lamb

Also Known As Hubert Horace Lamb · H. H. Lamb
Climatologist

Hubert Horace Lamb was an English climatologist, born in 1913 in Bedford and died in 1997 in Holt, Norfolk. He founded the Climatic Research Unit in 1972 within the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia, and his research on historical climate helped establish the study of the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age alongside early theories addressing both global cooling and global warming.

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Birth Date
1913-09-22 1
Birth Year
1913 1
Death Date
1997-06-28 2
Death Year
1997 2
Birthplace
Bedford 1
Death Place
Norfolk 2
Nationality
United Kingdom 2
Defining Contribution
Developed early theories about the Medieval Warm Period and Little Ice Age 1
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Source Wikidata: Hubert Lamb
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1. Hubert Lamb - Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    Hubert Horace Lamb (22 September 1913 in Bedford - 28 June 1997 in Holt, Norfolk) was an English climatologist who founded the Climatic Research Unit in 1972 in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia.
  • Lead paragraph
    22 September 1913
  • Wikidata, P19 place of birth
    Bedford
  • Career
    He developed early theories about the Medieval Warm Period and Little Ice Age
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2. Hubert Lamb (Wikidata)
  • P570 (date of death)
    died 1997-06-28
  • P570 (date of death) [year]
    died 1997
  • P20 (place of death)
    died in Norfolk
  • Wikidata item aliases (en) [1]
    also known as Hubert Horace Lamb
  • Wikidata item aliases (en) [2]
    also known as H. H. Lamb
  • P27 (country of citizenship) [1]
    citizen of United Kingdom
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Wikidata: Hubert Lamb
Wikidata Q1633270, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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