Tim Pedley

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Tim Pedley
Born (1942-03-23) 23 March 1942[1]
Leicester
Institutions Johns Hopkins University
Imperial College London
University of Cambridge
University of Leeds
Alma mater Trinity College, Cambridge
Doctoral advisor George Batchelor[2]
Notable awards Mayhew Prize (1963)
Adams Prize (1977)[1]

Timothy John "Tim" Pedley, FRS (born 23 March 1942), is a British mathematician and a former G. I. Taylor Professor of Fluid Mechanics at the University of Cambridge.[1] His principal research interest is the application of fluid mechanics to biology and medicine.[3]

He then spent three years at Johns Hopkins University as a post-doctoral fellow.[1] From 1968 to 1973 he was a lecturer at Imperial College London, after which he moved to the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) at the University of Cambridge. He remained at Cambridge until 1990 when he moved to Leeds University to be Professor of Applied Mathematics. In 1996 he returned to Cambridge and from 2000 to 2005 he was head of DAMTP.[4]

He is a fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge[5] and a fellow of the Royal Society (elected 1995). [6]

Personal life

Pedley is the son of Richard Rodman Pedley and Jeanie Mary Mudie Pedley. He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge.

In 1965 he married Avril Jennifer Martin Uden, with whom he has had two sons. He enjoys birdwatching, running and reading.[1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Sleeman, Elizabeth (2003). The International Who's Who 2004. Routledge. ISBN 1-85743-217-7. 
  2. Tim Pedley at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. "Timothy Pedley". EPSRC. 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2009-07-22. 
  4. "Professor T.J. Pedley". University of Cambridge Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. Retrieved 2009-07-22. 
  5. "Fellows of Gonville and Caius College". Cambridge University Reporter. Retrieved 2009-07-22. 
  6. "List of Fellows of the Royal Society 1660 – 2007". Royal Society. Retrieved 2012-03-03. 


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