Anthony James Merrill Spencer

British mathematician
  • University of Cambridge
  • University of Keele
  • University of Birmingham (PhD)
AwardsFRS (1987)[1]Scientific careerInstitutions
  • Brown University
  • University of Nottingham
Thesis The solution of plane plastic-elastic problems by relaxation methods, with applications to the theory of brittle fracture  (1955)Doctoral advisorIan Sneddon[2]

Anthony James Merrill Spencer (23 August 1929 — 26 January 2008) FRS[1] was an applied mathematician whose main field of research was in understanding and predicting the mechanical behaviour of advanced materials.[2][3]

Awards and honours

Spencer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1987.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Chadwick, P.; England, A. H.; Parker, D. F. (2015). "Anthony James Merrill Spencer 23 August 1929 — 26 January 2008". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 61. Royal Society publishing. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2015.0003. ISSN 0080-4606.
  2. ^ a b Anthony James Merrill Spencer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Anthony James Merrill Spencer", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
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