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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003981b.htm person Meyer Richard Ernst FAA AACR2 23 March 1919 6 January 2008 Place of Birth Berlin, Germany Place of Death Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America Richard E. Meyer was a mathematical physicist who specialized in the physics of fluid motion. His research career began with his doctorate at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, followed by a brief period of employment with the English Ministry of Aircraft Production. He then went to the University of Manchester, where he made his first major research contributions. In 1953 he left Manchester for the University of Sydney. By this time he was established as a theoretical supersonic aerodynamicist and he continued with this work as well as assuming the responsibilities of a research group leader. In 1957 he went to the USA and remained there for the rest of his life, essentially abandoning supersonic aerodynamics in favour of water-wave theory. His work was marked by an ability to analyse the approach to limiting conditions, or singularities, in models of physical processes. From the 1970s, he focused increasingly on developing the mathematical aspects of his work. 1946 1947 Career position - Assistant Lecturer, University of Manchester, UK 1947 1952 Career position - ICI Research Fellow, University of Manchester, UK 1953 1956 Career position - Senior Lecturer in Aeronautical Engineering, University of Sydney 1956 1956 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1956 1957 Career position - Reader, University of Sydney 1957 1959 Career position - Associate Professor at Brown University in Providence, USA 1959 1964 Career position - Professor at Brown University in Providence, USA 1964 Career position - Professor of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin, USA 1975 1975 Career position - Visiting Professor, University of Queensland Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

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 'Meyer, Richard Ernst', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Meyer, Richard Ernst Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Richard Ernst Meyer 1919-2008 Stalker, R. J.; and Meyer, E. Nicole Richard Ernst Meyer 1919-2008 2010 Historical Records of Australian Science 21 1 75-89