David Thomas Pugh

Dr
David Thomas Pugh
David Pugh making temporary sea level measurements in the Falkland Islands in 2009
Born(1943-07-13)13 July 1943
Liverpool, England
Died1 August 2022(2022-08-01) (aged 79)
Wales
SpouseCarole
Children1
Academic background
Alma materUniversity College London, Churchill College, Cambridge
ThesisThe Thermal Environment of the Deep-Sea Floor (1968)
Academic work
DisciplineOceanography, Hydrology and Meteorology

David Pugh OBE (13 July 1943 – 1 August 2022) was a British marine scientist and academic. He founded the Global Sea Level Observing System, was President of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Director of the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level and emeritus fellow of the UK National Oceanography Centre.