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Peter Wadhams

British physicist
Person Human Q7177541

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15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
May 14, 1948
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[7]
Occupation
physicist, geographer, geophysicist, oceanographer, university teacher
Employer
University of Cambridge, Scott Polar Research Institute[11][12]
Field of work
geophysics, geography, oceanography[8][9][10]
Educated at
Churchill College, University of Cambridge[13][14]
Award received
Polar Medal[15]
Doctoral student
Vernon Squire[17]
Work location
Cambridge[20]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[21]
Family name
Wadhams[18]
Given name
Peter[19]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Climate change[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en Peter Wadhams ja ピーター・ワダムズ zh 彼得·沃德姆斯 zh 彼得·華德翰
🔖 Identifiers · 24
ISNI
000000004414658X
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3811-5650
VIAF cluster ID
51905165
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n94004141
GND ID
1142013324
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Professor Peter Wadhams at COP22 (30972177906).jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID
90622548
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
144158888
DDB person (GND) ID
1142013324
Encyclopædia Britannica contributor ID
5758
Festivaletteratura person ID
5645
Freebase ID
/m/07562b
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IdRef ID
085945218
IxTheo authority ID
1000987639
JRC Names ID
78980
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
248579
NL CR AUT ID
mub20201096557
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
213629402
Prabook ID
1954129
SBN author ID
SIPV184130
SHARE Catalogue author ID
632615
TMDB person ID
2354477
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/4611724c-1488-4fd2-be10-57a5c48bf13f

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Occupation 5
physicist, geographer, university teacher, oceanographer, geophysicist
Field of work 3
geography, oceanography, geophysics
Educated at 2
University of Cambridge, Churchill College
Employer 2
University of Cambridge, Scott Polar Research Institute
Award received 1
Polar Medal
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Given name 1
Peter
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Climate change
Sex or gender 1
male
← Cast member 1
Eating Our Way to Extinction
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Summary

Peter Wadhams was born on May 14, 1948[1]. He has worked as a physicist[2], geographer[3], geophysicist[4], oceanographer[5], and university teacher[6].

FAQs

What did Peter Wadhams do for work?

Peter Wadhams worked as a physicist[2], geographer[3], geophysicist[4], oceanographer[5], and university teacher[6].

Where did Peter Wadhams go to school?

Peter Wadhams was educated at Churchill College[13] and University of Cambridge[14].

What awards did Peter Wadhams receive?

Honors received include Polar Medal[15].

Related Entities

geography geophysics United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [16] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Work location → Cambridge
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    ORCID iD → 0000-0002-3811-5650
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