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John Briscoe (July 30, 1948 – November 12, 2014) was a South African-born environmental engineer who was Visiting Professor of the Practice of Environmental Health in the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard School of Public Health. He was known as "Mr. Water" to environmental economists. At Harvard, Briscoe also held appointments at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) as Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering,〔(SEAS Faculty Profile, John Briscoe )〕 and at the Harvard Kennedy School. His career focused on efforts on the developing world to successfully manage and preserve water as a precious resource.〔(Jonathan Shaw, Harvard Magazine, January-February 2012, The Water Tamer: John Briscoe tackles water insecurity around the world. )〕 In early 2014, he received the Stockholm Water Prize - the “Nobel Prize of Water" - for "unparalleled contributions to global and local management of water - contributions covering vast thematic, geographic, and institutional environments-that have improved the lives and livelihoods of millions of people worldwide.” He spoke English, Afrikaans, Bengali, Portuguese, and Spanish. ==Chronology== * 1948 - Born in South Africa * 1969 - B.Sc., Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa * 1976 - Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, Harvard University * Government water agencies of South Africa and Mozambique, Engineer * Cholera Research Center, now ICDDR,B, Bangladesh, Epidemiologist * University of North Carolina, Professor of Water Resources * 1989-2009 - World Bank (20 years): He helped oversee projects in water resources, irrigation, hydropower, and sanitation at the World Bank and consulted on water issues for nonprofits, governments, nongovernmental organizations, and businesses * 1989-2009 - World Bank, country director for Brazil: Briscoe’s role in affecting the evolution of the World Bank was the subject of Chapter 13 in Sebastian Mallaby’s definitive history, “The World’s Banker,” Penguin 2006. * 2009-2014 - Professor of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA * 2009 - Stockholm Water Prize - "Nobel Prize of Water” 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Briscoe (water engineer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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