James Dooge [SEP] place of birth
, a public intellectual whose life was devoted, without posture, to the public service."" Professor John Sweeney who was one of the scientists as part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 described him as ""perhaps one of the most important, prolific and distinguished scientists of the past generation.""
Early life, career and academia.
James Dooge was born in Birkenhead, UK in 1922. He was educated in Liverpool before moving to Dún Laoghaire and was
James Dooge
James Clement Dooge (30 July 1922 – 20 August 2010) was an Irish Fine Gael politician, engineer, climatologist, hydrologist and academic who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1981 to 1982, Leader of Seanad Éireann and Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad from 1982 to 1987 and Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 1973 to 1977. He served as a Senator from 1961 to 1977 and 1981 to 1987.
Dooge had a profound effect on the debate over climate change, in the world of hydrology and