Background
Moffatt, Henry Keith was born on April 12, 1935 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Son of Frederick Henry and Emmeline Marchant (Fleming) Moffatt.
Moffatt, Henry Keith was born on April 12, 1935 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Son of Frederick Henry and Emmeline Marchant (Fleming) Moffatt.
Attended, George Watson's College, Edinburgh, 1943—1953. Attended, Edinburgh University, 1953—1957. Bachelor of Science Mathematics Science with honors, Edinburgh University, 1957.
Bachelor, Trinity College, Cambridge, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy in Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence, Trinity College, Cambridge, 1962. Doctor of Science, 1987.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Institute National Polytechnique Grenoble, 1987. Doctor of Science (honorary), State University of New York, 1990. Doctor of Science (honorary), Edinburgh University, 2001.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Eindhoven Technology University, 2005. Doctor of Science (honorary), Glasgow University, 2007.
Fellow, lecturer, director studies in Mathematics Trinity College, Cambridge, 1961—1976, tutor, 1970—1974, senior tutor, 1975—1976, fellow, since 1980. Assistant lecturer, department applied mathematics and theoretical physics Cambridge University, 1961—1964, lecturer, 1964—1976, professor mathematics physics, 1980—2002, head department applied mathematics and theoretical physics, 1983—1991, emeritus professor, since 2002. Professor, chair, applied mathematics Bristol, 1977—1980.
Visiting professorship Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, 1992—1999. Director Isaac Newton Institute of Mathematics Sciences, Cambridge, 1996—2001, senior fellow, since 2001. Blaise Pascal professor, chair Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, 2001—2003, Leverhulme emeritus professor, 2003—2005.
Trustee, member council African Institute for Mathematics Sciences, Muizenberg, South Africa, 2003. Member bureau International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 1996—2000, president, 2000—2004, vice president, since 2004.
Author: Magnetic Field Generation in Electrically Conducting Fluids, 1978. Co-editor: Topological Aspects of the Dynamics of Fluids and Plasmas, 1991. Editor Journal Fluid Mechanics, 1966-1983.Contributor articles to professional journals.
Fellow Royal Society, National Academy of Sciences, United States of America, Royal Society Edinburgh. Member Royal Netherlands Academy (foreign member), Academy des Sciences (Paris), Academy Lincei (Rome), Academy Europeae.
French country cooking, hill walking.
Married Katharine Stiven, December 17, 1960. Children: Fergus (deceased 1987), Peter, Hester, Penelope.