Basil John Mason
Sir Basil John Mason was a British expert on cloud physics. He was 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.
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- Educated at
- University of LondonUniversity of Nottingham
- Awards
- 🏆 Rumford Medal🏆 Royal Medal🏆 Knight Bachelor🏆 Royal Society Bakerian Medal🏆 Naylor Prize and Lectureship
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1923
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