Frederick W. Lanchester
English polymath and engineer
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Frederick William Lanchester LLD, Hon FRAeS, FRS, was an English polymath and engineer who made important contributions to automotive engineering and to aerodynamics, and co-invented the topic of operations research. Wikipedia
Born: October 23, 1868, St John's Wood, London, United Kingdom
Died: March 8, 1946 (age 77 years), Birmingham, United Kingdom
Organization founded: Lanchester Motor Company
Education: Imperial College London
Awards: Fellow of the Royal Society and Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1931)
Parents: Henry Jones Lanchester and Octavia Ward