Fritz Ursell

Fritz J. Ursell
Born(1923-04-28)28 April 1923[3]
Düsseldorf, Germany
Died11 May 2012(2012-05-11) (aged 89)[4][5]
Manchester, UK
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Known forUrsell number
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society[1] (1972)
Georg Weinblum Lectureship (1985–1986)
IMA Gold Medal (1994)
Scientific career
FieldsApplied mathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Manchester
University of Cambridge
Doctoral studentsJ. N. Newman
E. O. Tuck
David Evans[2]

Fritz Joseph Ursell FRS[1] (28 April 1923 – 11 May 2012) was a British mathematician noted for his contributions to fluid mechanics, especially in the area of wave-structure interactions.[6] He held the Beyer Chair of Applied Mathematics at the University of Manchester from 1961 to 1990,[7] was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1972 and retired in 1990.[2]

  1. ^ a b Abrahams, I. D.; Martin, P. A. (2013). "Fritz Joseph Ursell. 28 April 1923 -- 11 May 2012". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 59: 407–421. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2013.0005. S2CID 72445938.
  2. ^ a b Fritz Ursell at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ^ Ursell (1994, p. 975)
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Mactutor was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Obituary – Fritz Joseph Ursell". The Times. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  6. ^ Ursell (1994)
  7. ^ Abrahams, I. D.; Martin, P. A.; Norris, A. N. (2001). "G.R. Wickham: An appreciation". Wave Motion. 33 (1): 1–6. Bibcode:2001WaMot..33....1A. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.24.9227. doi:10.1016/S0165-2125(00)00059-7. This contains also information on Fritz Ursell and the Beyer Chair.