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Lewis Fry Richardson

Native name: Lewis Fry Richardson

Also known as: Lewis F. Richardson, L. F. Richardson

Place of birth:

Newcastle upon Tyne Show on Google Maps

Birth date:

1881-10-11 • Birth Sign: Libra

Citizenship:

United Kingdom

Death date:

1953-09-30 (71 years old)

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Lewis Fry Richardson, FRS (11 October 1881 – 30 September 1953) was an English mathematician, physicist, meteorologist, psychologist, and pacifist who pioneered modern mathematical techniques of weather forecasting, and the application of similar techniques to studying the causes of wars and how to prevent them. Richardson is also noted for his pioneering work on fractals and a method for solving a system of linear equations known as modified Richardson iteration.

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Science and academia cartographer mathematician psychologist physicist meteorologist peace and conflict researcher polymath Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom

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