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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2018-03-13 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005984b.htm person Blake John Robert AACR2 1947 2016 Place of Birth Jamestown, South Australia, Australia Applied mathematician John Blake was an applied mathematician who became was appointed Professor of Mathematics at the University of Wollongong in 1980 after having been Leader in Applied Mathematics at the CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics. He was successful in linking mathematics research with industrial applications such as that with BHP on the distribution of granular materials in blast furnaces. Joint research with Don Gibson, Chief of the CSIRO Division of Mechanical Engineering, led to seminal contributions on bubble formation and dynamics. In 1989 Blake became Head of the School of Mathematics at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. 1976 1978 Career position - Secretary, Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics Group 1980 1989 Career position - Professor of Mathematics, University of Wollongong 1984 1984 Career position - Chairman, Division of Applied Mathematics, Australian Mathematical Society 1987 1988 Career position - Chairman, Division of Applied Mathematics, Australian Mathematical Society 1989 1989 Career position - Head of School of Mathematics, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom The University of Wollongong

Professor of Mathematics 1980 - 1989

 ANZIAM (Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics) (1974 - )

Chair, Division of Applied Mathematics 1984, 1987 - 1988

 Blake, John Robert (1947-20161231)

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 'Blake, John Robert', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Blake, John Robert Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation