Keith Stewartson was an English mathematician and fellow of the Royal Society.
10 Facts About Keith Stewartson
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The youngest of three children, Stewartson was born to an English baker in 1925.
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Keith Stewartson was raised in Billingham, County Durham, where he attended Stockton Secondary School, and went to St Catharine's College, Cambridge in 1942.
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Keith Stewartson won the Drury Prize in 1943 for his work in Mathematical Tripos.
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Keith Stewartson resumed research under the guidance of Leslie Howarth on boundary layer theory.
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Keith Stewartson's research led to his first publication, "Correlated incompressible and compressible boundary layers", which was published by the Royal Society in 1949.
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Keith Stewartson received his doctorate the same year and became a lecturer at Bristol University in 1950.
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Keith Stewartson played major role in the founding of Institute of Mathematics and its Applications along with James Lighthill.
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Keith Stewartson is the author of The Theory of laminar boundary layers in compressible fluids.
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Keith Stewartson was known as a passionate rower and enjoyed theatre and opera.