Michael James Lighthill

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
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gptkbp:award gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:Smith's_Prize
Knighthood
gptkbp:birthDate 1924-01-23
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:car
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:Lighthill's_eighth_power_law
gptkb:Lighthill_report_on_artificial_intelligence
mathematical biofluiddynamics
theory of sound generated by turbulence
gptkbp:deathDate 1998-07-17
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Sir_Geoffrey_Taylor
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Journal_of_Fluid_Mechanics
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
fluid dynamics
aerodynamics
bioacoustics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Michael_James_Lighthill
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Michael James Lighthill
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:Royal_Academy_of_Engineering
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences_(foreign_associate)
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Stephen_Hawking
gptkb:Thomas_Brooke_Benjamin
gptkb:John_Ffowcs_Williams
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
applied mathematician
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Marion_Lighthill
gptkb:Ernest_Lighthill
gptkbp:position gptkb:Lucasian_Professor_of_Mathematics,_University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:Principal,_University_College_London
Director of the Royal Aircraft Establishment
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:Mathematical_Biofluiddynamics
gptkb:Waves_in_Fluids
Contributions to the theory of waves and sound
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Nancy_Dumaresq_Lighthill
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