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MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS
Professor Louis Napoleon George Filon, C.B.E., F.R.S., Goldsmid Professor of Mathematics in the University of London, died yesterday at his home in Croydon at the age of 62.
The son of Auguste Filon, tutor to the Prince Imperial, he entered University College, London, as a student and soon became a demonstrator of applied mathematics, a fellow of the college, and an 1851 Exhibition scholar, a gold medalist, and winner of other scholarships. In 1898 he went up to King's College, Cambridge, as a research student.
After graduating as D.Sc. in London, he was appointed lecturer in pure and applied mathematics at University College in 1902 and Goldsmid Professor of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics at the University of London in 1912. He had also been director of the University Observatory since 1929 and a member of the Board of Visitors of Greenwich Observatory. He was elected F.R.S. in 1910, had served on the Council, and was vice-president in 1936.
When the war broke out, Professor Filon, who had held a commission in the University O.T.C. since 1909, volunteered for foreign service and was with the B.E.F. until February 1915, when he was invalided home. He commanded the 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, The London Regiment, and was later on the technical staff of the Admiralty Air Service and of the Air Board, and was demobilized in 1919. Professor Filon was formerly Dean of the Faculty of Science, Chairman of the Academic Council, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of London. He was the author of several works and papers on pure and applied mathematics and physics. He married Anne, daughter of Professor Godet, of the University of Neuchâtel, and had one son and two daughters.
MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS
Professor Louis Napoleon George Filon, C.B.E., F.R.S., Goldsmid Professor of Mathematics in the University of London, died yesterday at his home in Croydon at the age of 62.
The son of Auguste Filon, tutor to the Prince Imperial, he entered University College, London, as a student and soon became a demonstrator of applied mathematics, a fellow of the college, and an 1851 Exhibition scholar, a gold medalist, and winner of other scholarships. In 1898 he went up to King's College, Cambridge, as a research student.
After graduating as D.Sc. in London, he was appointed lecturer in pure and applied mathematics at University College in 1902 and Goldsmid Professor of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics at the University of London in 1912. He had also been director of the University Observatory since 1929 and a member of the Board of Visitors of Greenwich Observatory. He was elected F.R.S. in 1910, had served on the Council, and was vice-president in 1936.
When the war broke out, Professor Filon, who had held a commission in the University O.T.C. since 1909, volunteered for foreign service and was with the B.E.F. until February 1915, when he was invalided home. He commanded the 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, The London Regiment, and was later on the technical staff of the Admiralty Air Service and of the Air Board, and was demobilized in 1919. Professor Filon was formerly Dean of the Faculty of Science, Chairman of the Academic Council, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of London. He was the author of several works and papers on pure and applied mathematics and physics. He married Anne, daughter of Professor Godet, of the University of Neuchâtel, and had one son and two daughters.
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