Sir Michael James Lighthill

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_Michael_James_Lighthill

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:award	gptkb:Copley_Medal gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society gptkb:Royal_Medal Knighthood
gptkbp:birthDate	1924-01-23
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:children	two daughters
gptkbp:deathDate	1998-07-17
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:Sir_James_Jeans
gptkbp:education	gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge gptkb:Winchester_College
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	Sir Michael James Lighthill
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Lighthill's_eighth_power_law gptkb:Lighthill_report gptkb:Lighthill–Whitham–Richards_model
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:Royal_Academy_of_Engineering gptkb:Royal_Society gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences_(USA)
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:notableStudent	gptkb:James_Lighthill gptkb:John_Trevor_Stuart gptkb:Philip_Hall gptkb:John_Billingham gptkb:Thomas_Brooke_Benjamin gptkb:John_R._King gptkb:John_Toland gptkb:Frank_Smith gptkb:John_Ffowcs_Williams gptkb:John_R._Taylor gptkb:John_F._Harper gptkb:John_Ockendon gptkb:John_R._Blake gptkb:John_R._Ockendon gptkb:John_R._Willis
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:mathematician applied mathematician
gptkbp:position	gptkb:Lucasian_Professor_of_Mathematics,_University_of_Cambridge Director of the Royal Aircraft Establishment Principal of the University College London
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Nancy_Dumaresq_Lighthill
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:James_Lighthill
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7