Background
Bonsall was born on 31 March 1920, the youngest son of Wilfred C Bonsall and Sarah Frank.
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Frank Bonsall
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He graduated from Bishop"s Stortford College in 1938, and studied at Merton College, Oxford.
Career
He served in World World War II, in the Corps of Royal Engineers, and in India from 1944 to 1946. Despite not himself having a Doctor of Philosophy, Bonsall supervised many Doctor of Philosophy candidates who knew him affectionately as "FFB". He wrote two articles for The Scottish Mountaineering Club on the definition of a Munro.
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Membership
Royal Society.
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Nationality
United Kingdom
Awards
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Fellow of the Royal Society Berwick Prize
The Berwick Prize and Senior Berwick Prize are two prizes of the London Mathematical Society awarded in alternating years in memory of William Edward Hodgson Berwick, a previous Vice-President of the LMS.The Berwick Prize and Senior Berwick Prize are two prizes of the London Mathematical Society awarded in alternating years in memory of William Edward Hodgson Berwick, a previous Vice-President of the LMS.