Rosa M. Morris

Rosa Margaret Morris
A young woman on a deckchair
Rosa Morris in her garden, 1938
Born(1914-07-16)16 July 1914
Rogerstone, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Died15 October 2011(2011-10-15) (aged 97)
EducationUniversity College of South Wales and Monmouthshire
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
AwardsUniversity of Wales Fellowship
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Senior Research Award
Scientific career
FieldsApplied mathematics
InstitutionsUniversity College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Cardiff
Thesis Two-dimensional potential theory, with special reference to aerodynamic problems  (1940)
Doctoral advisorsGeorge Henry Livens
Geoffrey Ingram Taylor
Doctoral studentsDavid Edmunds

Rosa Margaret Morris (16 July 1914 – 15 October 2011)[1] was a Welsh applied mathematician, working in potential theory and aerodynamics. When she was 23, her research and examination results made national news. In her later career, she taught at the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire (now Cardiff University), where she co-authored a successful textbook on Mathematical Methods of Physics and became one of the first female Heads of School of Mathematics in the United Kingdom.

  1. ^ "R Morris". South Wales Argus. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2021.