James H. Wilkinson
Mathematician
James Hardy Wilkinson FRS was a prominent figure in the field of numerical analysis, a field at the boundary of applied mathematics and computer science particularly useful to physics and engineering. Wikipedia
Born: September 27, 1919, Strood, United Kingdom
Died: October 5, 1986 (age 67 years), Teddington, United Kingdom
Awards: Turing Award and Chauvenet Prize