Brooke Benjamin

Thomas Brooke Benjamin, FRS[1] (15 April 1929 – 16 August 1995) was an English mathematical physicist and mathematician, best known for his work in mathematical analysis and fluid mechanics, especially in applications of nonlinear differential equations.[2]

T. Brooke Benjamin
Brooke Benjamin
Born	15 April 1929 Wallasey, England
Died	16 August 1995 (aged 66) Oxford, England
Nationality	United Kingdom
Alma mater	University of Liverpool Yale University University of Cambridge
Known for	Benjamin–Bona–Mahony equation Benjamin–Ono equation Benjamin–Feir instability
Scientific career
Fields	Fluid dynamics Mathematical analysis
Institutions	University of Cambridge University of Essex University of Oxford
Doctoral students	John Dwyer Alan Champneys

Education and career

Benjamin was educated at Wallasey Grammar School on the Wirral, the University of Liverpool (BEng. 1950) and Yale University (MEng. 1952), before being awarded his doctorate at King's College, Cambridge in 1955.[3][4] He was a fellow of King's from 1955 to 1964.[5]

From 1979 until his death in 1995 he was Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, and a fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford.[6]

Contributions

The Benjamin–Ono equation describes one-dimensional internal waves in deep water. It was introduced by Benjamin in 1967, and later studied also by Hiroaki Ono. Another equation named after Benjamin, the Benjamin–Bona–Mahony equation, models long surface gravity waves of small amplitude. Benjamin studied it with Jerry L. Bona and J. J. Mahony in a 1972 paper.

References

1. Hunt, J. C. R. (2003). "Thomas Brooke Benjamin. 15 April 1929 – 16 August 1995 Elected FRS 1966". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 49: 39–67. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2003.0003.
2. Hunt, J. C. R. (2006). "Nonlinear and Wave Theory Contributions of T. Brooke Benjamin (1929–1995)". Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 38 (1): 1–25. Bibcode:2006AnRFM..38....1H. doi:10.1146/annurev.fluid.38.050304.092028.
3. Brooke Benjamin at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
4. O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Brooke Benjamin", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
5. "BENJAMIN, Prof. (Thomas) Brooke". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription or UK public library membership required) (subscription required)
6. Longuet-Higgins, M. S. (2004). "Benjamin, (Thomas) Brooke". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 15 April 2015.

External links

• "The Brooke Benjamin Lecture in Fluid Dynamics". Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 2009-06-25. Retrieved 8 March 2009.