| Authorised form of name | Fraenkel; Ludwig Edward (1927 - 2019) |
| Dates | 1927 - 2019 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Kiel, Germany |
| Date of birth | 28/05/1927 |
| Date of death | 27/04/2019 |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Aeronautics |
| Activity | Education:
Dragon School (1935-1940); University of Toronto Schools (1940-1943); University of Toronto (1947) Bachelor of Applied Science in Aeronautical Engineering; University of Toronto (1948) Master of Applied Science in Aerodynamics; University of Cambridge (1964) Master of Arts
Career:
Scientific Officer, Aerodynamics Department, Royal Aircraft Establishment (1948-1952); Research Fellow, Deparmtent of Aeronautics, University of Glasgow (1952-1953); Lecturer, Aeronautics Department, Imperial College London (1953-1957); Visiting Assistant Professor, California Institute of Technology (1957-1958); Reader, Aeronautics Department, Imperial College London (1958-1961); Reader, Mathematics Department, Imperial College London (1961-1964); Lecturer, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge (1964-1975); Professor, Mathematics Division, University of Sussex (1975-1988); Professor, School of Mathematics, University of Bath (1988-2017) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 11/03/1993 |
| Age at election | 65 |
| OtherInfo | Edward Fraenkel was a mathematician who conducted valuable research in the field of hydrodynamics — the study of liquids in motion. He was internationally renowned for his theoretical expertise as well as for offering deep insight into the practical applications of his work.
He tackled numerous problems in the field, most famous of which is the so-called Stokes conjecture for the wave of greatest height. Proposed in 1880, the conjecture theorised the existence of an extreme gravity wave on water and went so far as to predict its shape. Working alongside colleagues on both sides of the Atlantic, Fraenkel provided a definitive resolution to the conjecture little over a century after its first publication.
Before taking on professorship at the University of Bath, Fraenkel held senior positions at the universities of Cambridge and Sussex. Awarded the Senior Whitehead Prize of the London Mathematical Society in 1989, he had been a Fellow of the Royal Society since 1993. |
| Source | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fraenkel |
| Virtual International Authority File | https://viaf.org/viaf/49439757 |
| Code | NA4107 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1993/11 | Fraenkel, Ludwig Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1991 |
| IM/001530 | Fraenkel, Ludwig Edward | 1993 |