Edward Fraenkel | |
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![]() Fraenkel in 2017 | |
Born | Ludwig Eduard Fraenkel 28 May 1927 |
Died | 27 April 2019 | (aged 91)
Citizenship | British |
Alma mater | University of Toronto (BSc, MSc) |
Awards | Senior Whitehead Prize |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Bath |
Thesis | On 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.
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]
In 1989, he was awarded the Senior Whitehead Prize.[7] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1993.