Alan B. Tayler

Alan B. Tayler
Born
Alan Breach Tayler

(1931-09-05)5 September 1931
Mitcham, Surrey
Died(1995-01-29)29 January 1995
Ducklington, Oxfordshire
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
SpouseJune Earp (1955-1995)
AwardsIMA Gold Medal (1982)
CBE (1993)
Scientific career
FieldsApplied Mathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
Thesis Problems in Compressible Flow  (1959)
Doctoral advisorGeorge Temple
Doctoral studentsJohn Ockendon

Alan Breach Tayler CBE (1931–1995) was a British applied mathematician and pioneer of "industrial mathematics". He was a Founding Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford (1959-1995), the initiator of the Oxford Study Groups with Industry[1] in 1968 (which developed into the European Study Groups with Industry), a driving force behind the foundation of the European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry (ECMI)[2] in 1985 and President of ECMI (1989),[3] and the first Director of the Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (OCIAM) (1989–1994).[4]

  1. ^ "Mathematics in Industry". Mathematics in Industry. Archived from the original on 17 September 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  2. ^ "European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry". European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Past ECMI Presidents". Past Presidents of the European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Oxford Centre of Industrial and Applied Mathematics". Oxford Centre of Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Retrieved 23 March 2018.