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James Lighthill

Also known as M. J. Lighthill (OpenAlex) and Sir James Lighthill (OpenAlex)

British applied mathematician1924 to 1998

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known as: mathematician, university teacher
fields: applied mechanics, mathematic
awards: Fellow of the Royal Society, 1953, Royal Society Bakerian Medal, 1961, Royal Society Bakerian Medal, 1961, Timoshenko Medal, 1963, Royal Medal, 1964, Panetti Ferrari Award, 1965, Knight Bachelor, 1971, Elliott Cresson Medal, 1975, Carl Friedrich Gauss Medal, 1975, doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University, 1975, Naylor Prize and Lectureship, 1977, Harvey Prize, 1981, IMA Gold Medal, 1982, Ludwig-Prandtl-Ring, 1983, Otto Laporte Award, 1984, G. I. Taylor Medal, 1984, honorary doctorate from UTC, 1993, Copley Medal, 1998
member of: Royal Society of London, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, French Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, from 1976, Academy of Sciences of Turin, from 1985, American Philosophical Society, from 1970
notable works: Lighthill mechanism, Lighthill analogy, Lighthill report, Lighthill's eighth power law
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