Rosa M. Morris
Rosa Margaret Morris | |
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Rosa Morris in her garden, 1938 | |
| Born | 16 July 1914 Rogerstone, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Died | 15 October 2011 (aged 97) |
| Education | University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Awards | University of Wales Fellowship Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Senior Research Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Applied mathematics |
| Institutions | University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Cardiff |
| Thesis | Two-dimensional potential theory, with special reference to aerodynamic problems (1940) |
| Doctoral advisors | George Henry Livens Geoffrey Ingram Taylor |
| Doctoral students | David Edmunds |
Rosa Margaret Morris (16 July 1914 – 15 October 2011) was a Welsh applied mathematician, working in potential theory and aerodynamics. When she was 23, her research and examination results made national and international news. She received several fellowships and awards before graduating with a PhD in mathematics from the University of Cambridge in 1940. In her later career, she taught at the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire (now Cardiff University), where she co-authored a successful textbook on Mathematical Methods of Physics with Roy Chisholm and became one of the first female Heads of School of Mathematics in the United Kingdom.