Henry Rishbeth

Henry Rishbeth (1931–2010)

Scientific career Rishbeth studied at the University of Cambridge, receiving a BA (1954) MA(1958), PhD (1960) and ScD (1972). In between his BA and MA, Rishbeth was at CSIRO from 1955 to 1957. At Cambridge, he studied under J. A. Ratcliffe for his PhD before moving to the Radio Research Station in Slough. in 1981 as a senior visiting fellow. He was appointed visiting professor in 1990, Research Professor in 1991 and emeritus in 1996 at the university. Rishbeth was the first to suggest that global warming would produce a decrease in ionospheric temperature, leading to detectable effects that could provide evidence of the presence of climate change. He then organised the first meetings of the group from 1970 to 1988. Rishbeth was also an important figure in the establishment of EISCAT. He also occupied positions in International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy,

Awards Rishbeth received the URSI Appleton prize in 1981, was the 1995 Marcel Nicolet Lecturer at the American Geophysical Union, There was an award named after him which was given by the MIST body that he founded from 2005 to 2008.

Personal life Rishbeth was married to Priscilla Rishbeth, with whom he had two daughters.