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Joseph Proudman

lived from 1888 to 1975

Joseph Proudman was a mathematician who made major contributions to oceanography, particularly to the theory of tides. He was Professor of Applied Mathematics, then Professor of Oceanography at the University of Liverpool. He headed the Liverpool Tidal Institute, now called the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory.

Find out more at: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Proudman/