| Authorised form of name | Strang; William John (1921 - 1999) |
| Dates | 1921 - 1999 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 29/06/1921 |
| Date of death | 14/09/1999 |
| Activity | Honours:
CBE 1973
|
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 17/03/1977 |
| Age at election | 55 |
| Source | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2001 vol 47 pp 443-451, plate, by Sir Frederick Page FRS |
| Code | NA2400 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1977/35 | Strang, William John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1972 |
| RR/71/266 | Referee's report by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'A physical theory of supersonic aerofoils in unsteady flow' by William John Strang | 1948 |
| RR/71/265 | Referee's report by Sydney Goldstein, on a paper 'A physical theory of supersonic aerofoils in unsteady flow' by William John Strang | 1948 |
| RR/72/243 | Referee's report by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'Transient source, doublet and vortex solutions of the linearized equations of supersonic flow' by William John Strang | 1949 |
| RR/72/244 | Referee's report by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'Transient lift of three-dimensional purely supersonic wings' by William John Strang | 1949 |
| RR/72/242 | Letter from Sydney Goldstein, on a paper 'Transient source, doublet and vortex solutions of the linearized equations of supersonic flow' by William John Strang to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 17 January 1950 |