Joseph Proudman, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph Proudman

British mathematician and oceanographer

Date of Birth: 30-Dec-1888

Date of Death: 26-Jun-1975

Profession: mathematician, university teacher

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Joseph Proudman (30 December 1888 – 26 June 1975), CBE, FRS was a distinguished British mathematician and oceanographer of international repute.
His theoretical studies into the oceanic tides not only "solved practically all the remaining tidal problems which are soluble within the framework of classical hydrodynamics and analytical mathematics" but laid the basis of a tidal prediction service (developed with A.
T.
Doodson) of great international importance.