Tony Spencer | |
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Born |
Anthony James Merrill Spencer August 23, 1929 |
Died | February 26, 2008 | (aged 78)
Alma mater | |
Awards | FRS (1987) |
Scientific career | |
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Thesis | The solution of plane plastic-elastic problems by relaxation methods, with applications to the theory of brittle fracture (1955) |
Doctoral advisor | Ian Sneddon |
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Anthony James Merrill Spencer (23 August 1929 — 26 January 2008) FRS was an applied mathematician whose main field of research was in understanding and predicting the mechanical behaviour of advanced materials.
Spencer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1987.