Horace Lamb
British mathematician
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Sir Horace Lamb FRS was a British applied mathematician and author of several influential texts on classical physics, among them Hydrodynamics and Dynamical Theory of Sound. Both of these books remain in print. The word vorticity was invented by... Wikipedia
Born: November 27, 1849, Stockport, United Kingdom
Died: December 4, 1934 (age 85 years), Cambridge, United Kingdom
Grandchildren: Norman Lamb, Hubert Lamb, Valentine Lamb, and more
Children: Henry Lamb, Hubert Lamb, Dorothy Lamb, and more
Partner: Elizabeth Mary Foot
Awards: Smith's Prize (1872), Royal Medal (1902), De Morgan Medal (1911), and more
