American Physicist Note Fritz Ursell German Physicist 1956 King’s College Menu

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American Physicist Note Fritz Ursell German Physicist 1956 King’s College Menu
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A mimeographed menu dated December 9, 1956, with a pencilled note (by American physicist Larry Spruch) at the top- “Dinner at King’s with Fritz Ursell”. Fritz Joseph Ursell FRS [1923-2012] was a British mathematician noted for his contributions to fluid mechanics. Ursell came to England as a Jewish refugee in 1937 from Germany. From 1941 to 1943 he studied at Trinity College, Cambridge. At the end of 1943 Ursell joined the Admiralty as a part of a team—headed by George Deacon whose task was to formulate rules for forecasting waves for the allied landings in Japan. Their findings have become the basis of modern wave-forecasting. He held the Beyer Chair of Applied Mathematics at the University of Manchester from 1961 to 1990, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1972 and retired in 1990. In 1994 Ursell was awarded the Gold Medal of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications in recognition of his "outstanding contributions to mathematics and its applications over a period of years" [Wikipedia].
Larry Spruch [1923-2006] was a prominent theoretical physicist at New York University who spent time in England in 1956/7.
Single sheet. 4.5”x7”. Folds, minor soil.
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Letter (8.5”x11” in business-size envelope. Envelope with wear and soil.
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