List of Famous people with last name Whitham

Gerald B. Whitham

First Name Gerald

Last Name Whitham

Born on December 13, 1927

Died on January 26, 2014 (aged 86)

Born in United Kingdom, England

Gerald Beresford Whitham was a British–born American applied mathematician and the Charles Lee Powell Professor of Applied Mathematics (Emeritus) of Applied & Computational Mathematics at the California Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Manchester in 1953 under the direction of Sir James Lighthill. He is known for his work in fluid dynamics and waves.

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