Education
Jesus College, Cambridge.
professor of natural philosophy
Jesus College, Cambridge.
Fellow, Jesus College, Cambridge 1936-1939. Lecturer in Mathematics, Durham Colleges, University of Durham 1939-1948. Professor, of Applied Mathematics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne 1948-1968.
Sedleian Professor, of Natural Philosophy, University of Oxford 1968-1977, Emeritus since 1977. Fellow, The Queen's College, Oxford 1968-1977, Supernumerary Fellow since 1977. Honorary Doctor of Science (Durham) 1969, (National University of Ireland) 1977.
Honorary Doctor of Laws (Glasgow) 1975. Timoshenko.
Married Gwendoline May Rudston in 1939.