Edward Fraenkel

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Edward Fraenkel

MSc)
AwardsSenior Whitehead Prize
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Bath
ThesisOn the design of nozzles for supersonic wind tunnels (1948)

Ludwig Edward Fraenkel FRS[1] (28 May 1927 – 27 April 2019)[2][3] was a German-born British mathematician, and professor at the University of Bath.[4] He was the son of classicist Eduard Fraenkel.

Education

Fraenkel earned an undergraduate degree (in 1947) and a Master of Science degree (in 1948) from the University of Toronto in the area of Aeronautical Engineering.[5] His thesis was on the design of nozzles for supersonic wind tunnels.[6]

Awards and honours

In 1989, he was awarded the Senior Whitehead Prize.[7] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1993.

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