| Honorific Suffix: | FRS |
| Birth Name: | Ludwig Eduard Fraenkel |
| Birth Date: | 28 May 1927 |
| Birth Place: | Kiel, Prussia, Germany |
| Citizenship: | British |
| Workplaces: | University of Bath |
| Alma Mater: | University of Toronto (BSc, MSc) |
| Thesis Title: | On the design of nozzles for supersonic wind tunnels |
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| Thesis Year: | 1948 |
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| Awards: | Senior Whitehead Prize |
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Ludwig Edward Fraenkel FRS[1] (28 May 1927 – 27 April 2019)[2] [3] was a German-born British mathematician, and professor at the University of Bath.[4] He was the son of classicist Eduard Fraenkel.
Fraenkel earned an undergraduate degree (in 1947) and a Master of Science degree (in 1948) from the University of Toronto in the area of Aeronautical Engineering.[5] His thesis was on the design of nozzles for supersonic wind tunnels.[6]
In 1989, he was awarded the Senior Whitehead Prize.[7] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1993.