David Tritton
English physicist (1935–1998)
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David John Tritton (26 July 1935 – 24 April 1998) was an English physicist who specialised in fluid dynamics.
David John Tritton | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 July 1935 |
| Died | 24 April 1998 (aged 62) |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Fluid dynamics |
| Institutions | University of Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Doctoral advisor | Alan A. Townsend |
Tritton was born in Slough on 26 July 1935.[1] He was educated at the University of Cambridge and obtained his PhD with a dissertation on "Experiments on Flow past Cylinders and Free Convection", supervised by Alan A. Townsend.[2] Subsequently, he worked at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK. He was a visiting professor at the University of Texas at Austin when he died on 24 April 1998.[3]
Tritton is well known for his textbook Physical Fluid Dynamics, first published in 1977, with a second edition in 1988.[4]
