Background
Petrie, Christopher James Stewart was born on September 16, 1939 in St. Andrews, Fife, England. Son of George Stewart and Rena Edith (Gaunt) Petrie.
engineering mathematics educator
Petrie, Christopher James Stewart was born on September 16, 1939 in St. Andrews, Fife, England. Son of George Stewart and Rena Edith (Gaunt) Petrie.
Bachelor, Trinity College, Cambridge, England, 1960. Master of Arts, Trinity College, Cambridge, England, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Trinity College, Cambridge, England, 1965.
Science Research Council fellow University Cambridge (Chemical England), 1964-1966. Lecturer in engineering mathematics University Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 1966-1981, reader in theoretical and applied rheology, since 1981. Visiting professor University Delaware, Newark, 1974.
Visiting research fellow University Melbourne, Australia, 1988. Secretary European Rheology Delegates, since 1980.
Fellow Institute Materials, Institute of Mathematics and its Application (associate fellow). Member British Society Rheology (secretary 1978-1982).
Married Ann Young, September 23, 1961. Children: Jonathan Michael, Nicholas Edmund, Alexander James.