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Tony Spencer
Tony Spencer
Born	Anthony James Merrill Spencer; 23 August 1929
Died	26 February 2008 (aged 78)
Alma mater	University of Cambridge; University of Keele; University of Birmingham (PhD);
Awards	FRS (1987)
	Scientific career
Institutions	Brown University; University of Nottingham;
Thesis	The solution of plane plastic-elastic problems by relaxation methods, with applications to the theory of brittle fracture (1955)
Doctoral advisor	Ian Sneddon

Anthony James Merrill Spencer (23 August 1929 — 26 January 2008) FRS^[1] was an applied mathematician whose main field of research was in understanding and predicting the mechanical behaviour of advanced materials.^[2]^[3]

Awards and honours

Spencer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1987.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Chadwick, P.; England, A. H.; Parker, D. F. (2015). "Anthony James Merrill Spencer 23 August 1929 — 26 January 2008". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 61. Royal Society publishing. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2015.0003. ISSN 0080-4606.
^ ^a ^b Anthony James Merrill Spencer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Anthony James Merrill Spencer", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews

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[frs-1] Chadwick, P.; England, A. H.; Parker, D. F. (2015). "Anthony James Merrill Spencer 23 August 1929 — 26 January 2008". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 61. Royal Society publishing. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2015.0003. ISSN 0080-4606.

[mathgene-2] Anthony James Merrill Spencer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

[mactutor-3] O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Anthony James Merrill Spencer", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews

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