Person Hill; Rodney (1921 - 2011) Hill Rodney 1921 - 2011 British Male Stourton, Leeds, Yorkshire 11/06/1921 19210611 02/02/2011 20110202

Education: Scholarship to Leeds Grammar School; scholarship to read Mathematics at Pembroke College, Cambridge - completed his degree in two years, received a First (1938-1940) Career: War work for Ordnance Board at Cambridge's Mathematical Laboratory; joined Professor Nevill Mott's team at Fort Halsead, near Sevenoaks, Kent for theoretical research on armaments and problems with explosoves (1943-1946); seconded by the Ministry of Supply to the metal physicists under Egon Orowan at CAvendish Laboratory Cambridge(1946-1949); moved to Sheffield to head a new section in the Metal Flow Research Laboratory of the British Iron and Steel Research Federation (2949-1950); moved to Bristol University for a three year research fellowship in department of Physics and Mathematics(1950-1953); Chair in Applied Mathematics at Nottingham University (1953-1962); created a Department of Theoretical Mechanics within the Faculty of Engineering at Nottingham (1960).Elected to a research fellowship at Gonville and Caius College Cambridge (1963-1969) then the university conferred a personal Readership in the Mechanics of Solilds (1969-1972), then appointed a personal professorship (1972). Married, Jeanne Wickens (1946) who died 2003; one daughter Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1993 Fellow 16/03/1961 39 Obituaries; The Telegraph, 8 March 2011 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Doctoral thesis 'Theoretical Studies of the Plastic Deformation of Metals' 1949, published 1950 established him as the leding authority in the field. Principles of Dynamis' 1964, undergraduate textbook. 11 Jun 1921 - 2 Feb 2011 NA3900 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/108135253 f09873c7-afb1-4958-88c1-8cf4cd48f259