Anthony James Merrill Spencer

Tony Spencer
Tony Spencer
Born	Anthony James Merrill Spencer; August 23, 1929
Died	February 26, 2008 (aged 78)
Alma mater	University of Cambridge; University of Keele; University of Birmingham (PhD);
Awards	FRS (1987)[1]
	Scientific career
Institutions	Brown University; University of Nottingham;
Thesis	The solution of plane plastic-elastic problems by relaxation methods, with applications to the theory of brittle fracture (1955)
Doctoral advisor	Ian Sneddon[2]

Anthony James Merrill Spencer (23 August 1929 — 26 January 2008) FRS[1] was an applied mathematician whose main field of research was in understanding and predicting the mechanical behaviour of advanced materials.[2][3]

Awards and honours

Spencer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1987.[1]

References

Chadwick, P.; England, A. H.; Parker, D. F. (2015). "Anthony James Merrill Spencer 23 August 1929 — 26 January 2008". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. Royal Society publishing. 61. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2015.0003. ISSN 0080-4606.
Anthony James Merrill Spencer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Anthony James Merrill Spencer", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.

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[frs-1] Chadwick, P.; England, A. H.; Parker, D. F. (2015). "Anthony James Merrill Spencer 23 August 1929 — 26 January 2008". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. Royal Society publishing. 61. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2015.0003. ISSN 0080-4606.

[mathgene-2] Anthony James Merrill Spencer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

[mactutor-3] O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Anthony James Merrill Spencer", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.