Person Love; Augustus Edward Hough (1863 - 1940); mathematician; geophysicist Love Augustus Edward Hough mathematician; geophysicist 1863 - 1940 British Male Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, United Kingdom 17 April 1863 18630417 25 Banbury Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom 05 June 1940 19400605 Burial: Wolvercote, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

St John's College, Cambridge (1892)

Mathematician and geophysicist Electrodynamics Natural philosophy Hydrodynamics Applied mathematics Geophysics Education: Wolverhampton Grammar School (1874-1882); St John's College, Cambridge MA Career: Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge; Lecturer in mathematics; Sedleian chair of natural philosophy at Oxford (1898-1940). Memberships: London Mathematical Society (Secretary 1895–1910; President 1912–19) Medals/Awards: Adams prize of the University of Cambridge 1911 De Morgan medal 1926 Parents: John Henry Love, surgeon, and Emily Serle. Siblings: Two sisters. Studied the mathematical theory of elasticity, and its application to geophysics. Known for Lithosphere; the Kirchhoff–Love plate theory; Love equivalence principle; Love number; Love wave. Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1909; Sylvester Medal 1937 Fellow 07/06/1894 31 Robert Baldwin Hayward Andrew Russell Forsyth Percy Alexander MacMahon Alfred Barnard Basset Alfred George Greenhill Richard Tetley Glazebrook William Henry Besant Joseph John Thomson George Howard Darwin Arthur Cayley Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1939-1941 vol 3 pp 467-482, plate, by E A Milne References: Brebis Bleaney, 'The Physical Sciences in Oxford, 1918-1939 and Earlier' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 247-261 R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 ©The Royal Society 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 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1941.0015 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Love%2C+Augustus+Edward+Hough RCN 13340 RCN 12899 RCN 13204 RCN 13341 17 Apr 1863 - 5 Jun 1940 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 09/07/2025 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA7994 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 26/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/22208934 fb34811b-4033-460e-a045-247892fe15f0