Frank William John Olver was an emeritus professor of mathematics at the Institute for Physical Science and Technology and Department of Mathematics at the University of Maryland who worked on asymptotic analysis, special functions, and numerical analysis.
Education
University of London.
Career
He was the editor in chief of the The National Institute of Standards and Technology Digital Library of Mathematical Functions.
Department of Commerce Gold Medal
1969• Silver Medal of the US Department of Commerce.
1974• A Fellow of the U.K. Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
1996• A Foreign Member of the Royal Society of Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
2011• Gold Medal of the US Department of Commerce.
Visiting Fellow, or Professor, at the University of Lancaster, U.K., Imperial College, London University, U.K., Cambridge University, U.K., the Royal Irish Academy, and the National University of Australia
Department of Commerce Gold Medal
1969• Silver Medal of the US Department of Commerce.
1974• A Fellow of the U.K. Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
1996• A Foreign Member of the Royal Society of Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
2011• Gold Medal of the US Department of Commerce.
Visiting Fellow, or Professor, at the University of Lancaster, U.K., Imperial College, London University, U.K., Cambridge University, U.K., the Royal Irish Academy, and the National University of Australia