Horace Lamb

Professor Sir
Horace Lamb
FRS
Professor Sir Horace Lamb FRS
	Horace Lamb in 1885
Born	27 November 1849; Stockport, Cheshire, England
Died	4 December 1934 (aged 85); Cambridge, England
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Known for	Lamb vector; Lamb–Oseen vortex; Lamb–Chaplygin dipole; Lamb waves; Lamb surfaces; Skin effect; Volume viscosity
Awards	Smith's Prize (1872); Royal Medal (1902); De Morgan Medal (1911); Copley Medal (1923)
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics; Physics; ;
Institutions	University of Cambridge; University of Adelaide; University of Manchester; Royal Society;
Academic advisors	James Clerk Maxwell; George Gabriel Stokes
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Sir Horace Lamb FRS^[3] (27 November 1849 – 4 December 1934^[4]) was a British applied mathematician and author of several influential texts on classical physics, among them Hydrodynamics (1895) and Dynamical Theory of Sound (1910).^[5] Both of these books remain in print. The word vorticity was invented by Lamb in 1916.^[6]

^ Andrew Warwick, Masters of Theory: Cambridge and the Rise of Mathematical Physics, University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 325.
^ Horace Lamb at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
^ Love, A. E. H.; Glazebrook, R. T. (1935). "Sir Horace Lamb. 1849–1934". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 1 (4): 374. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1935.0003.
^ R. B. Potts, 'Lamb, Sir Horace (1849–1934)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, MUP, 1974, pp 54–55. Retrieved 5 Sep 2009
^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F. "Horace Lamb". MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive. University of St Andrews.
^ Truesdell, C. (1954). The kinematics of vorticity (Vol. 954). Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

[1] Andrew Warwick, Masters of Theory: Cambridge and the Rise of Mathematical Physics, University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 325.

[2] Horace Lamb at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

[3] Love, A. E. H.; Glazebrook, R. T. (1935). "Sir Horace Lamb. 1849–1934". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 1 (4): 374. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1935.0003.

[ADB-4] R. B. Potts, 'Lamb, Sir Horace (1849–1934)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, MUP, 1974, pp 54–55. Retrieved 5 Sep 2009

[5] O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F. "Horace Lamb". MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive. University of St Andrews.

[6] Truesdell, C. (1954). The kinematics of vorticity (Vol. 954). Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

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Professor Sir Horace Lamb FRS
Horace Lamb in 1885
Born	(1849-11-27)27 November 1849 Stockport, Cheshire, England
Died	4 December 1934(1934-12-04) (aged 85) Cambridge, England
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Known for	Lamb vector Lamb–Oseen vortex Lamb–Chaplygin dipole Lamb waves Lamb surfaces Skin effect Volume viscosity
Awards	Smith's Prize (1872) Royal Medal (1902) De Morgan Medal (1911) Copley Medal (1923)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics Physics
Institutions	University of Cambridge University of Adelaide University of Manchester Royal Society
Academic advisors	James Clerk Maxwell^[1] George Gabriel Stokes^[2]

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