Horace Lamb

Professor Sir Horace Lamb (1849–1934), mathematician

1849 born on 27 November at Stockport

1875 gained a teaching post at Trinity College, Cambridge

1875 Married Elizabeth Foot

1876 Became professor of mathematics at the new university in Adelaide, Australia

1884 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society

1885 he returned to Manchester to take up the chair of pure mathematics at Owens College, by then part of the newly incorporated Victoria University.

Worked on hydrodynamics, acoustics, elasticity, and mechanics, and wrote a number of books and papers in these areas.

WWI Advised the Admiralty and worked on aeronautical research,

1920 retired from his Manchester University chair; he returned to Cambridge

1921-7 Served as a member of the Aeronautical Research Committee.

1925 President of the British Association

1931 Knighted

1934 Died in Cambridge

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