Authorised form of name | Sneddon; Ian Naismith (1919 - 2000) |
Dates | 1919 - 2000 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland |
Date of birth | 08/12/1919 |
Place of death | Glasgow |
Date of death | 04/11/2000 |
Research field | Mathematics |
Activity | Education: Hyndland Secondary School; Glasgow University (graduated 1940); Cambridge University (Tripos Part II, 1942); DSc (1948, Glasgow University) Career: Scientific Officer, Ministry of Supply (1942-1945); Staff, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge; Staff, Armament and Development Establishment, Fort Halstead, Kent (1945?), where he met Professor N F Mott (FRS 1936); Research Fellow, Bristol University (1945); Lecturer, Natural Philosophy, Glasgow University (1946-1950); first Professor of Mathematics, University College of North Staffordshire (later Keele University) (1950-1956); Simson Professor, Glasgow University (1956-1985); Dean of Faculty of Science (1970-1972); Senate Assessor, University Court (1973-1977); President, Scottish-Polish Cultural Association (for 14 years); member, Council on Scientific Research and Development; on the board of Scottish Opera (for 20 years); on the board of the Scottish National Orchestra; Chariman, BBC Scottish Music Advisory Committee; on the board of Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow (until 1997) Honours: OBE 1969 Memberships: FRSE |
Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 17/03/1983 |
Age at election | 63 |
Relationships | Married (1943) Mary Macgregor; two sons, one daughter |
Source | Sources: Obituary, Independent Review (27/11/2000) Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2002 vol 48 pp 417-437, plate, by P Chadwick FRS |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/109055216 |
Code | NA4952 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1983/33 | Sneddon, Ian Naismith: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1978 |
RR/69/296 | Referee's report by George Barker Jeffery, on a paper 'The distribution of stress in the neighbourhood of a crack in an elastic solid' by Ian Naismith Sneddon | 11 January 1946 |
RR/69/297 | Referee's report by Richard Vynne Southwell, on a paper 'The distribution of stress in the neighbourhood of a crack in an elastic solid' by Ian Naismith Sneddon | 8 November 1945 |
RR/70/111 | Referee's report by Rudolph Ernst Peierls, on a paper 'The binding energies of very light nuclei' by Herbert Fröhlich, Kun Huang and Ian Naismith Sneddon to the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 1947 |
RR/70/110 | Letter from Rudolph Ernst Peierls, on a paper 'The binding energies of very light nuclei' by Herbert Fröhlich, Kun Huang and Ian Naismith Sneddon to the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 1 March 1947 |
RR/70/109 | Letter from Rudolph Ernst Peierls, on a paper 'The binding energies of very light nuclei' by Herbert Fröhlich, Kun Huang and Ian Naismith Sneddon to the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 7 March 1947 |
IM/GA/JGRS/8302 | Sneddon, Ian Naismith | 1983 |
RR/70/223 | Letter from Rudolph Ernst Peirels, on a paper 'The excitation of nuclei by electrons' by Ian Naismith Sneddon and B F Touschek to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 1 January 1946 |
RR/70/224 | Referee's report by Rudolph Ernst Peirels, on a paper 'The excitation of nuclei by electrons' by Ian Naismith Sneddon and B F Touschek | 1947 |