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Charlie Ellington
Birth Name:Charles Porter Ellington
Birth Date:1952 12, df=yes[1]
Workplaces:University of Cambridge
Thesis Title:The aerodynamics of hovering animal flight
Thesis Url:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.255296
Thesis Year:1982
Doctoral Advisor:Torkel Weis-Fogh
Known For:Vortex theory of insect flight
Awards:FRS (1998)

Charles Porter Ellington (born 1952) FRS[2] was a British zoologist, emeritus Fellow Downing College, Cambridge,[3] and professor emeritus at University of Cambridge.[4] [5]

Education

Ellington was educated at Duke University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1973.[1] He moved to Cambridge where he was awarded a Master of Arts degree in 1979 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1982.[1] [6]

Research

Ellington did research on animal mechanics.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Awards and honours

Ellington was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1998. His nomination reads

Notes and References

  1. Anon (2014)
  2. Wootton. Robin. 2021. Charles Porter Ellington. 31 December 1952—30 July 2019. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 70. 151–173. 10.1098/rsbm.2020.0041. 232162173. free.
  3. Web site: FELLOWS OF THE COLLEGES - Cambridge University Reporter Special No 2 (2011-12).
  4. 10.1242/jeb.052407. Charlie Ellington FRS retires. Journal of Experimental Biology. 213. 23. 3943–4. 2010. Knight . K.. 21075934. free.
  5. Web site: Zoology: Ellington . 2011-12-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111127063249/http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/zoostaff/elling.htm . 2011-11-27 .
  6. PhD. University of Cambridge. The aerodynamics of hovering animal flight. Charles Porter. Ellington. 1982. . lib.cam.ac.uk. 53557374.
  7. 10.1038/384626a0. Leading-edge vortices in insect flight. Nature. 384. 6610. 626–630. 1996. Ellington . C. P. . Van Den Berg . C. . Willmott . A. P. . Thomas . A. L. R. . Adrian Thomas (zoologist). 1996Natur.384..626E. 4358428.
  8. 10.1098/rstb.1997.0024. The three-dimensional leading-edge vortex of a 'hovering' model hawkmoth. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. . 352. 1351. 329–340. 1997. Van Den Berg . C.. Ellington . C. P.. 1691933.
  9. 9418029. 1997. Willmott. A. P.. The mechanics of flight in the hawkmoth Manduca sexta. I. Kinematics of hovering and forward flight. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 200. Pt 21. 2705–22. Ellington. C. P.. 10.1242/jeb.200.21.2705.
  10. 10.1098/rstb.1997.0023. The vortex wake of a 'hovering' model hawkmoth. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 352. 1351. 317–328. 1997. Van Den Berg . C.. Ellington . C. P.. 1691928.
  11. 10.1242/jeb.075341. Analysis of the transitional flow field over a fixed hummingbird wing. Journal of Experimental Biology. 216. 2. 303–318. 2012. Elimelech . Y.. Ellington . C. P. . 22996450. free.

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