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Sir Richard Vynne Southwell, FRS〔 (2 July 1888 – 9 December 1970) was a British mathematician who specialised in applied mechanics as an engineering science academic.〔(Sir Richard Southwell, MA, LLD, FRS: Rector 1942–48 ), Imperial College, London, UK.〕〔http://books.google.ca/books?ei=reCWUbDYIc_0igLRh4CgAw&id=QfQKAQAAMAAJ&dq=ricahrd+vynne+southwell+died+1970&q=%22Southwell%2C+Sir+Richard+Vynne+%22#search_anchor〕 == Education and career == Richard Southwell was educated at Norwich School and the University of Cambridge, where in 1912 he achieved first class degree results in both the mathematical and mechanical science tripos.〔A. G. Pugsley, (‘Southwell, Sir Richard Vynne (1888–1970)’ ), rev. H. C. G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2011, accessed 2 November 2013〕 In 1914, he became a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and a lecturer in Mechanical Sciences. Southwell was in the Royal Naval Air Service during World War I. After World War I, he was head of the Aerodynamics and Structures Divisions at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough. In 1920, he moved to the National Physical Laboratory. He then returned to Trinity College in 1925 as Fellow and Mathematics Lecturer in 1925. Next, in 1929, he moved to Oxford University as Professor of Engineering Science and Fellow of Brasenose College. Here, he developed a research group, including Derman Christopherson, with whom he worked on his relaxation method. He became a member of a number of UK governmental technical committees, including for the Air Ministry, at the time when the R100 and R101 airships were being conceived. Southwell was Rector at Imperial College, London from 1942 until his retirement in 1948.〔〔Hannah Guy, ''(The history of Imperial College London, 1907–2007 )'', Imperial College Press, 2007. (Page 749 ).〕 He continued his research at Imperial College. He was also involved in the opening a new student residence, Selkirk Hall. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard V. Southwell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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