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Archival as SubjectPublished as AuthorFrancis D. Murnaghan
Dates
August 4, 1893 – March 24, 1976
Authorized Form of Name
Murnaghan, Francis D. (Francis Dominic), 1893-1976
Additional Forms of Names
Murnaghan, F. D. (Francis Dominic), 1893-1976
Biography
Abstract
Francis Murnaghan was Professor of Mathematics and Lecturer in English and Portuguese at the Center for Aeronautical Technology in Brazil (1949-1960). Other institutional affiliations included Johns Hopkins University. His research interests included electrodynamics, relativity, tensor analysis, elasticity, dynamics, aerodynamics, quantum mechanics, and celestial mechanics.
Important Dates
August 4, 1893Birth, Omagh (Northern Ireland).
1913Obtained BA in Mathematics, National University of Ireland, Dublin (Ireland).
1914Obtained MA in Mathematics, National University of Ireland, Dublin (Ireland).
1916Obtained PhD in Mathematics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (Md.).
1916 – 1918Instructor in Mathematics, Rice Institute.
1918 – 1948Associate in Applied Mathematics (1918-1921); Associate Professor (1921-1928); and Professor (1928-1948), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (Md.).
1942Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1943 – 1944Professor, Brown University.
1949 – 1960Professor of Mathematics and Lecturer in English and Portuguese, Center for Aeronautical Technology, São José dos Campos (São Paulo, Brazil).
1955 – 1963Consultant, Applied Mathematics Laboratory, David W. Taylor Model Basin, United States Navy.
March 24, 1976Death, Baltimore (Md.).
Occupation
Mathematician.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
São José dos Campos (São Paulo, Brazil)
Death
Subjects
Differential equations, Partial.
Relationships
People
Family
Murnaghan, Angela Mooney
Mother.
Murnaghan, Francis D. (Francis Dominic), 1920-2000
Son.
Murnaghan, George
Father.
Advisors & Collaborators
Ames, Joseph Sweetman, 1864-1943
Co-wrote "Theoretical Mechanics; an introduction to mathematical physics."
Morley, Frank, 1860-1937
PhD advisor at Johns Hopkins University, "The Lines of Electric Force Due to a Moving Electron."
Additional
Dieke, Sally H. (Sally Harrison), 1913-1989
Ruark, Arthur Edward, 1899-
Institutions
Major Positions
Brown University. Department of Applied Mathematics
Professor.
Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia (Brazil)
Professor of Mathematics and Lecturer in English and Portuguese.
Johns Hopkins University. Mathematics Department
Obtained PhD (1916). Associate in Mathematics; Associate Professor; and Professor.
William M. Rice Institute
Instructor in Mathematics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
National University of Ireland
Obtained BA (1913) and MA (1914) in Mathematics.
United States. Navy
Consultant, Applied Mathematics Laboratory, David W. Taylor Model Basin.
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
Arthur E. Ruark biographical material, 1963.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Joseph Sweetman Ames papers, 1888-1968.
Special Collections, Milton S. Eisenhower Library
Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
Sally H. Dieke papers, 1886-1989.
Special Collections, Milton S. Eisenhower Library
Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
Published Resources
Author
The theory of group representations.
Vector analysis and the theory of relativity / by Francis D. Murnaghan.