Background

Scaife, Brendan Kevin was born on May 19, 1928 in London. Son of James Stanley and Mary Patricia (Kavanagh) Scaife.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Queen Mary College, London, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Queen Mary College, London, 1954; Doctor of Science, University London, 1973.

Career

Lecturer in Electronic Engineering, Trinity College Dublin 66, Fellow 1964, Reader 1966, Association Professor 1967-1972, Professor, of Engineering Science 1972-1986, Professor, of Electromagnetics 1986-1988, Senior Fellow 1987-1988, Fellow Emeritus since 1988. Visiting Professor University of Salford 1969-1982.

Works

• book

  • Studies in Numerical Analysis: Papers in Honour of Cornelius Lanczos

• Other Work

  • Author: Principles of Dielectrics, second edition, 1998. Editor: Vol IV Mathematical Papers of Sir William Rowan Hamilton, 2000. Studies in Numerical Analysis, 1974.Contributor: Complex Permittivity, 1971.

Membership

Fellow Institute Engineering and Technology, Institute Engineers Ireland, Institute Physics, member Royal Irish Academy.

Connections

Son of James Stanley and Mary Patricia (Kavanagh) Scaife. Married Mary Bridget Manahan, April 3, 1961. Children: Neil, Edmund, Lucy, Stephen.

Father:

James Stanley Scaife

Mother:

Mary Patricia (Kavanagh) S.

Spouse:

Mary Bridget Manahan

child:

Neil Scaife

child:

Edmund Scaife

child:

Lucy Scaife

child:

Stephen Scaife