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Born
Anthony James Merrill Spencer

(1929-08-23)August 23, 1929
Died February 26, 2008(2008-02-26) (aged 78)
Alma mater
Awards FRS (1987)
Scientific career
Institutions
Thesis The solution of plane plastic-elastic problems by relaxation methods, with applications to the theory of brittle fracture (1955)
Doctoral advisor Ian Sneddon

Anthony James Merrill Spencer (23 August 1929 — 26 January 2008) FRS was an applied mathematician whose main field of research was in understanding and predicting the mechanical behaviour of advanced materials.

Awards and honours

Spencer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1987.

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