George Batchelor

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applied mathematician fluid dynamicist person scientific journal

George Batchelor was a prominent Australian applied mathematician and fluid dynamicist known for his foundational contributions to turbulence theory and for founding the Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

Aliases (2)

Batchelor ×2
Journal of Fluid Mechanics ×2

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	applied mathematician → fluid dynamicist → person → scientific journal →
awardReceived	Fellow of the Royal Society →
countryOfCitizenship	Australia →
doctoralAdvisor	G. I. Taylor →
educatedAt	University of Cambridge → University of Melbourne →
employer	University of Cambridge →
familyName	Batchelor →
fieldOfWork	applied mathematics → fluid dynamics → turbulence →
founded	Journal of Fluid Mechanics →
gender	male →
givenName	George →
hasAcademicDiscipline	continuum mechanics → theoretical fluid mechanics →
influencedBy	G. I. Taylor →
knownFor	foundational contributions to turbulence → founding the Journal of Fluid Mechanics → turbulence theory →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
mainDiscipline	fluid mechanics →
memberOf	Royal Society →
nationality	Australian →
notableStudent	Philip Saffman →
notableWork	An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics →
occupation	mathematician → university teacher →
positionHeld	Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Cambridge →
researchInterest	suspension mechanics → turbulent diffusion →
workLocation	Cambridge →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
G. K. Batchelor ("Batchelor") → George Batchelor ("Batchelor") →	familyName
Fluid Dynamics Prize →	hasRecipient