Sir Bryan Thwaites, FIMA, FRSA was born on 6 December 1923 and is an English applied mathematician, educationalist and administrator.
16 Facts About Bryan Thwaites
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Bryan Thwaites was born on 6 December 1923, the eldest son of Ernest and Dorothy Thwaites.
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Bryan Thwaites graduated with an MA from Clare College, Cambridge University, in 1944, gaining a First in the Maths Tripos.
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Bryan Thwaites then moved to the Department of Aeronautics at the Imperial College of Science, where he made an early impression: his Thwaites Flap being used to assist aeronautical tests.
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Bryan Thwaites was commissioned as a pilot officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve from 1952 to 1958.
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Bryan Thwaites resigned his commission in 1958, as he prepared to take up his new appointments.
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In 1961 Dr Bryan Thwaites was appointed Professor of Theoretical Mechanics at the new University of Southampton.
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Bryan Thwaites hosted a conference addressing the disconnect between the teaching of mathematics and the need for professional mathematicians in industry and academia: the result was the School Mathematics Project.
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Bryan Thwaites held the post for seventeen years, retiring from the post shortly before the college merged with Queen Mary College.
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Bryan Thwaites developed an interest in medical administration, accepting a number of appointments over the years: he was Chairman of the Northwick Park Hospital Management Committee and a member of the Council of the Middlesex Hospital Board.
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From 1982 to 1988, Bryan Thwaites was Chairman of Wessex Regional Health Authority.
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Nevertheless, Bryan Thwaites was knighted in the New Year's Honours list of 1986, for his services to education and medicine.
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In later life, Sir Bryan Thwaites sought to downsize and divest himself of his assets.
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Bryan Thwaites married Katharine Mary in 1948; Lady Thwaites died in 1991.
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In 2000, Sir Bryan Thwaites was prosecuted in relation to the hit-and-run death of an 83-year-old pedestrian, in Winchester.
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Bryan Thwaites denied all three charges of careless driving, failing to stop after an accident and failing to report it to police, and was found not guilty.