Augustus Edward Hough Love
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|birth_date = [[17 April]] [[1863]]
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|death_date = [[5 June]] [[1940]]
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'''Augustus Edward Hough Love''' ([[17 April]] [[1863]], [[Weston-super-Mare]] - [[5 June]] [[1940]], [[Oxford]]), often known as '''A. E. H. Love''', was a mathematician famous for his work on the mathematical theory of [[Elasticity (physics)|elasticity]]. He also worked on wave propagation and his work on the structure of the Earth in ''Some Problems of Geodynamics'' won for him the [[Adams prize]] in [[1911]] when he developed a mathematical model of surface waves known as [[Love waves]]. This work was published as a book with the help of the Cambridge University Press in 1911. It was published again in 1967 by Dover, New York, USA. [[Love waves]] were discussed in Chapter 11 of this book.
Love also contributed to the theory of [[tidal locking]], introducing the parameters known as ''Love numbers'', which are widely used today.
He was educated at [[Wolverhampton Grammar School]] and in 1881 won a scholarship to [[St John's College, Cambridge]], where he was at first undecided whether to study classics or mathematics. His successful progress vindicated his choice of mathematics, and in 1886 he was elected Fellow of the college. In 1899 he was appointed [[Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy]] in the [[University of Oxford]], a position which he retained until his death in 1940. He was also a Fellow of [[Queen's College, Oxford|Queen's College]].
He authored the two volume classic, ''A Treatise on the Mathematical Theory of Elasticity''.
His other awards include the [[Royal Society]] Royal Medal in [[1909]] and [[Sylvester Medal]] in [[1937]], the [[London Mathematical Society]] [[De Morgan Medal]] in [[1926]]. He was secretary to the London Mathematical Society between [[1895]] and [[1910]], and president for [[1912]]-[[1913]].
==External links==
* {{MacTutor Biography|id=Love}}
* {{MathGenealogy|id=31354}}
==References==
A.E.H. Love, "Some problems of geodynamics", first published in 1911 by the Cambridge University Press and published again in 1967 by Dover, New York, USA.
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