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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn updated 2026-04-27 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001597b.htm person Batchelor George Keith FRS AACR2 8 March 1920 30 March 2000 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Cambridge, United Kingdom Applied mathematician University Administrator George Batchelor was a pioneer in the field of fluid dynamics, particularly turbulence and suspension mechanics. In 1956 he founded the Journal of fluid mechanics, a widely admired and influential journal which he edited for over 40 years. He co-founded in 1964 the European Mechanic Committee, the forerunner of the European Society of Mechanics. After several years as Research Officer with the CSIR Division of Aeronautics in Melbourne, he was awarded a Research Fellowship from the Science and Industry Endowment Fund to study at the University of Cambridge. He returned to the University in 1948, being Professor of Applied Mathematics from 1964 to 1983, and Head of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics from 1959. 1941 1944 Career position - Research Officer, CSIR Division of Aeronautics 1944 1944 Career position - Research Scholar, University of Melbourne 1944 1945 Award - Research Fellowship, Science and Industry Endowment Fund, to study fluid dynamics relating to turbulence and instability of laminar flow at University of Cambridge, United Kingdom 1946 1946 Career position - Research Officer, CSIR Division of Aeronautics 1948 1959 Career position - Lecturer, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cambridge 1951 1951 Award - Adams Prize, University of Cambridge 1956 1956 Career position - Founding Editor, Journal of fluid mechanics 1959 1964 Career position - Reader in Fluid Dynamics, University of Cambridge 1959 1983 Career position - Head of Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge 1964 1983 Career position - Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Cambridge 1983 Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of Cambridge 1986 1986 Award - Agostinelli Prize, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei 1988 1988 Award - Timoshenko Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers 1988 1988 Award - Royal Medal, The Royal Society, London 1989 2000 Award - Corresponding Member, Australian Academy of Science 1994 1994 Award - Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, University of Melbourne Science and Industry Endowment Fund - CSIR/O, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1926 - )

Research Fellow (supplementary funding) to study fluid dynamics relating to turbulence and instability of laminar flow at University of Cambridge, United Kingdom 1944 - 1945

 CSIR Division of Aeronautics, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1940 - 1949)

Research Officer 1941 - 1944 and 1946 - 1948

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Corresponding Fellow 1989 - 2000

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 Batchelor, G K (1920-2000)

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 'Batchelor, George Keith', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Batchelor, George Keith Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne 2023 Book Section: George Keith Batchelor, 1920-2000 Moffatt, H. K. George Keith Batchelor, 1920-2000 Oxford Oxford University Press 2004 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Resource Section: Batchelor, George Keith Batchelor, George Keith Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Journal Article: George Keith Batchelor 8 March 1920 - 30 March 2000 Moffatt, H. K. George Keith Batchelor 8 March 1920 - 30 March 2000 2002 Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 48 25-41 Journal Article: George Keith Batchelor 8 March 1920-30 March 2000: founding Editor, Journal of fluid mechanics, 1956 George Keith Batchelor 8 March 1920-30 March 2000: founding Editor, <span style="font-style:italic">Journal of fluid mechanics</span>, 1956 2000 Journal of fluid mechanics 421 1-14 Journal Article: The Science and Industry Endowment Fund: supporting the development of Australian science Smith, Susan and Spurling, Thomas H. The Science and Industry Endowment Fund: supporting the development of Australian science CSIRO Publishing 2015 Historical Records of Australian Science 26 1 58-83