William Penney, Baron Penney, Gibraltar-born English mathematician, physicist, and academic (born 1909)

William Penney, Baron Penney

English mathematician and physicist (1909–1991)

William George Penney, Baron Penney, was an English mathematician and professor of mathematical physics at the Imperial College London and later the rector of Imperial College London. He had a leading role in the development of High Explosive Research, Britain's clandestine…