Fritz Ursell


















Fritz J. Ursell
Fritz Ursell.jpg
Born
(1923-04-28)28 April 1923[1]

Düsseldorf, Germany

Died12 May 2012(2012-05-12) (aged 89)[2]

Manchester, UK

Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Known forUrsell number
Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society[3] (1972)
Georg Weinblum Lectureship (1985–1986)
IMA Gold Medal (1994)
Scientific career
FieldsApplied mathematics
Institutions
University of Manchester
University of Cambridge
Doctoral students
J. N. Newman
E. O. Tuck
David Evans[4]

Fritz Joseph Ursell FRS[3] (28 April 1923 – 11 May 2012) was a British mathematician noted for his contributions to fluid mechanics, especially in the area of wave-structure interactions.[5] He held the Beyer Chair of Applied Mathematics at the University of Manchester from 1961–1990,[6] was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1972 and retired in 1990.[4]




Contents





  • 1 Education


  • 2 Career


  • 3 Personal Life


  • 4 References




Education


Ursell came to England as a Jewish[7] refugee in 1937 from Germany.[1][8] From 1941 to 1943 he studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating with a bachelor degree in mathematics.



Career


At the end of 1943 Ursell joined the Admiralty as a part of a team—headed by George Deacon—whose task is to formulate rules for forecasting waves for the allied landings in Japan. Their findings have become the basis of modern wave-forecasting. Ursell stayed in the Admiralty until 1947. In 1947 he was appointed to a post-doctoral fellowship in applied mathematics
at Manchester University without a doctorate. In 1950 he returned to Cambridge as a lecturer. There he met G. I. Taylor. In 1957 he spent a year at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, having been invited by Arthur Ippen. In 1961 Ursell moved back to Manchester.[9]


In 1994 Ursell was awarded the Gold Medal of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications in recognition of his "outstanding contributions to mathematics and its applications over a period of years"[10].



Personal Life


Fritz Ursell was married to Katharina Renate Zander in 1959. They had two daughters.[1] Susie and Ruth, Susie is married and has two children.[2]



References




  1. ^ abc Ursell (1994, p. 975)


  2. ^ ab "Obituary – Fritz Joseph Ursell". The Times. 2012-05-15. Retrieved 2012-05-15..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  3. ^ ab Abrahams, I. D.; Martin, P. A. (2013). "Fritz Joseph Ursell. 28 April 1923 -- 11 May 2012". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2013.0005.


  4. ^ ab Fritz Ursell at the Mathematics Genealogy Project


  5. ^ Ursell (1994)


  6. ^ Abrahams, I. D.; Martin, P. A.; Norris, A. N. (2001). "G.R. Wickham: An appreciation". Wave Motion. 33: 1. doi:10.1016/S0165-2125(00)00059-7. This contains also information on Fritz Ursell and the Beyer Chair.


  7. ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Fritz Joseph Ursell", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.


  8. ^ Martin, P.A.; Wickham, G.R. (1992). Wave Asymptotics: The Proceedings of the Meeting to Mark the Retirement of Professor Fritz Ursell from the Beyer Chair of Applied Mathematics in the University of Manchester. Cambridge University Press. p. xi. ISBN 0-521-41414-8.


  9. ^ Ursell, Fritz (1994). Ship Hydrodynamics, Water Waves, and Asymptotics: Collected Papers of F. Ursell, 1946–1992. Advanced Series on Fluid Mechanics. World Scientific. ISBN 978-981-02-1950-5. In two volumes, 1004 pp.


  10. ^ "IMA Gold Medal". Retrieved 16 May 2018. Institute of Mathematics and its Applications






Preceded by
James Lighthill

Beyer Chair of Applied Mathematics at University of Manchester
1961 – 1990
Succeeded by
Philip Hall







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