John Bryce McLeod

John Bryce McLeod, FRS[1] (23 December 1929 in Aberdeen – 20 August 2014[2]) was a Scottish mathematician, who worked on linear and nonlinear partial and ordinary differential equations.

In August 20, 2014, John died at the age of 84.[3]

Education

He obtained his PhD in 1959 under the supervision of Edward Charles Titchmarsh at the University of Oxford.[4]

Awards and honours

In 1965, he was awarded the Sir Edmund Whittaker Memorial Prize and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1992.[1]

In 2011, he was awarded the Naylor Prize and Lectureship.[5]

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References
  1. Hastings, Stuart (2016). "John Bryce McLeod. 23 December 1929 — 20 August 2014". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. London: Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2015.0031.
  2. "DServe Archive Persons Show". The Royal Society.
  3. "Emeritus Professor J. Bryce McLeod FRS Passes Away | Department of Mathematics | University of Pittsburgh". www.mathematics.pitt.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  4. "John McLeod". Mathematics Genealogy Project.
  5. "List of LMS prize winners". London Mathematical Society.


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