John Ffowcs Williams
John Ffowcs Williams was born on May 25, 1935. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About John Ffowcs Williams
John "Shôn" Eirwyn Ffowcs Williams (25 May 1935 – 12 December 2020) was Emeritus Rank Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge and a former Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge (1996–2002). He may be best known for his contributions to aeroacoustics, in particular for his work on Concorde. Together with one of his students, David Hawkings, he introduced the far-field integration method in computational aeroacoustics based on Lighthill's acoustic analogy, known as the Ffowcs Williams–Hawkings analogy. Ffowcs was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering in…