Frederick W. Lanchester

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Engineer
Mathematician
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_London
gptkbp:awards Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
Fellow_of_the_Royal_Aeronautical_Society
gptkbp:birthDate 1868-02-23
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:contribution Mathematical modeling in warfare
gptkbp:deathDate 1946-08-08
gptkbp:field Aerospace engineering
Mathematics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Frederick W. Lanchester
gptkbp:influenced Operations research
gptkbp:influencedBy Henry Gantt
gptkbp:knownFor Lanchester's linear law
Lanchester's_laws
Lanchester's_square_law
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork Aircraft in Warfare
gptkbp:occupation Author
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Bristol,_England
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ethel_Lanchester