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Horace Lamb
About
English mathematician (*1849 – †1934)
Quick Facts
- Name
- Horace Lamb
- Born
- 1849-11-29
- Died
- 1934-12-04
- Occupation
- mathematician / physicist / university teacher
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Birthplace
- Stockport
Relationships
Spouses & partners
- SpouseElizabeth Mary Foot
Family
- ChildHenry Lamb
- ChildHubert Lamb
- ChildErnest Horace Lamb
- ChildDorothy Lamb
Dates reflect listed records; an unspecified end date does not establish current status.
Awards & Nominations
5 received · 0 nominations listed in Wikidata
Notable Works
- A treatise on the mathematical theory of the motion of fluidsCambridge [Eng.]: University Press, 1879
- Hydrodynamics
- Vector de Lambproducto cruzado del vector de vorticidad y el vector de velocidad del campo de flujo,
- Lamb–Oseen vortexline vortex
- Lamb–Chaplygin dipoleexact solution to the two-dimensional Euler equations
Education
- Trinity College1867 — 1872
- Stockport Grammar SchoolUntil 1866
- University of CambridgeUntil 1872Doctor
- Victoria University of Manchester1866 — 1867
Languages
Spoken, written or signed
- English
Sources & Credits
Wikidata · Q1627897 ↗
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