Richard M. Goody

Richard Mead Goody
Born(1921-06-19)19 June 1921
Hertfordshire, England
Died3 August 2023(2023-08-03) (aged 102)
CitizenshipBritish, American
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge (BA, PhD)
AwardsMember of the National Academy of Sciences since 1970 and of the American Philosophical Society since 1997, American Geophysical Union's William Bowie Medal in 1998
Scientific career
FieldsAtmospheric physics, meteorology
InstitutionsHarvard University
PatronsNational Science Foundation
Thesis Radiative heat exchange in the lower stratosphere  (1949)
Doctoral advisorGordon Sutherland
Notable studentsRichard Lindzen, Andrew Ingersoll

Richard Mead Goody (19 June 1921 – 3 August 2023) was a British-American atmospheric physicist and professor of planetary physics at Harvard University. He was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences in 1970.