Charles Ellington

Charlie Ellington
FRS
Born
Charles Porter Ellington

(1952-12-31) 31 December 1952 (age 71)[2]
Alma mater
Known forVortex theory of insect flight
AwardsFRS (1998)
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
ThesisThe aerodynamics of hovering animal flight (1982)
Doctoral advisorTorkel Weis-Fogh[1]
Websitezoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/charlie-ellington

Charles Porter Ellington (born 1952) FRS[3] was a British zoologist, emeritus Fellow Downing College, Cambridge,[4] and professor emeritus at University of Cambridge.[1][5]

  1. ^ a b Knight, K. (2010). "Charlie Ellington FRS retires". Journal of Experimental Biology. 213 (23): 3943–4. doi:10.1242/jeb.052407. PMID 21075934.
  2. ^ Anon (2014) "Ellington, Prof. Charles Porter". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ Wootton, Robin (2021). "Charles Porter Ellington. 31 December 1952—30 July 2019". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 70: 151–173. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2020.0041. S2CID 232162173.
  4. ^ "FELLOWS OF THE COLLEGES - Cambridge University Reporter Special No 2 (2011-12)".
  5. ^ "Zoology: Ellington". Archived from the original on 27 November 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.