Joseph Proudman
Joseph Proudman | |
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| Born | 30 December 1888 |
| Died | 26 June 1975 (aged 86) |
| Alma mater | University of Liverpool Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Taylor–Proudman theorem |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society Adams Prize (1922) Alexander Agassiz Medal (1946) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
Joseph Proudman (30 December 1888 – 26 June 1975), CBE, FRS was a distinguished British mathematician and oceanographer of international repute. His theoretical studies into the oceanic tides not only "solved practically all the remaining tidal problems which are soluble within the framework of classical hydrodynamics and analytical mathematics" but laid the basis of a tidal prediction service developed with Arthur Doodson of great international importance.