Charles Ellington

Charlie Ellington
Born
Charles Porter Ellington

(1952-12-31)31 December 1952
Died30 July 2019(2019-07-30) (aged 66)
Alma mater
Known forVortex theory of insect flight
AwardsFRS (1998)
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
ThesisThe aerodynamics of hovering animal flight (1982)
Doctoral advisorTorkel Weis-Fogh
Websitezoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/charlie-ellington

Charles Porter Ellington (1952–2019) was a British zoologist, emeritus Fellow Downing College, Cambridge, and professor emeritus at University of Cambridge.