Anthony James Merrill Spencer

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]

Tony Spencer
Born
Anthony James Merrill Spencer

(1929-08-23)August 23, 1929
DiedFebruary 26, 2008(2008-02-26) (aged 78)
Alma mater
AwardsFRS (1987)[1]
Scientific career
Institutions
ThesisThe solution of plane plastic-elastic problems by relaxation methods, with applications to the theory of brittle fracture (1955)
Doctoral advisorIan Sneddon[2]

Awards and honours

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

References

  1. 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. Royal Society publishing. 61. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2015.0003. ISSN 0080-4606.
  2. 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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