George Hartley Bryan

George Hartley (G. H.) Bryan FRS was an English applied mathematician who was an authority on thermodynamics and aeronautics. He was born in Cambridge, England, and was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he specialized in applying mathematics to thermodynamics analysis. Bryan obtained his BA in 1886; MA in 1890; and DSc in 1896. He was a professor at University College of North Wales, and is generally credited with developing the modern mathematical treatment of the motion of airplanes in flight …