Fritz Ursell
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| Born | 28 April 1923[1] Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.[2] Manchester, UK |
| Fields | Applied mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Manchester University of Cambridge |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Doctoral students | J. N. Newman E. O. Tuck David Evans[3] |
| Known for | Ursell number |
| Notable awards | Georg Weinblum Lectureship, 1985–1986 Fellow of the Royal Society[4] |
Fritz Joseph Ursell FRS[4] (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.[5] He held the Beyer Chair of Applied Mathematics at the University of Manchester from 1961–1990,[6] was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1972 and retired in 1990.[3]
Education
Ursell came to England as a refugee in 1937 from Germany.[1][7] From 1941 to 1943 he studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating with a bachelor degree in mathematics.
Career
At the end of 1943 Ursell joined the Admiralty (British Navy Department) as a part of a team—headed by George Deacon—whose task is to formulate rules for forecasting waves for the allied landings in Japan. Their findings have become the basis of modern wave-forecasting. Ursell stayed in the Admiralty until 1947. In 1947 he was appointed to a post-doctoral fellowship in applied mathematics at Manchester University without a doctorate. In 1950 he returned to Cambridge as a lecturer. There he met G. I. Taylor. In 1957 he spent a year at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, having been invited by Arthur Ippen. In 1961 Ursell moved back to Manchester.[8]
Fritz Ursell was married to Katharina Renate Zander in 1959. They had two daughters.[1] Susie and Ruth, Susie is married and has two children.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ursell (1994, p. 975)
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fritz Ursell at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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- ↑ Ursell (1994)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. This contains also information on Fritz Ursell and the Beyer Chair.
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. In two volumes, 1004 pp.
| Preceded by | Beyer Chair of Applied Mathematics at University of Manchester 1961 – 1990 |
Succeeded by Philip Hall |
