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)

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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