Harold Neville Vazeille Temperley

Harold Neville Vazeille Temperley, called Neville, ( born March 4, 1915 in Cambridge ) is a British theoretical physicist and applied mathematician. It dealt primarily with the statistical mechanics of lattice gases.

He is the son of the historian Harold Temperley. He studied at Cambridge University, where he received a Bachelor's degree in 1937 and 1939, the Smith Prize. He worked at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Aldermaston to underwater explosions. In 1965 he became Professor of Applied Mathematics at Swansea University ( Inaugural Lecture: Mathematics and the Real World ), where he retired in 1982. He headed the Department of Applied Mathematics.

From his study of statistical mechanics is also a study of combinatorics and graph theory revealed. According to him, Elliott Lieb and Temperley -Lieb algebras are named, both introduced in 1971.

In 1992 he received the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society.

His granddaughter is the fashion designer Alice Temperley (* 1975).

Writings

• Published by John Shipley Rowlinson, GS Rushbrooke, Physics of simple liquids, North Holland 1968
• DH Trevena Liquids and Their properties: a molecular and macroscopic treatise with applications, Ellis Horwood, Halstead Press 1978
• Graph theory and applications, Ellis Horwood, Halstead Press 1981
• Changes of state; a mathematical - physical assessment, London 1956
• Properties of Matter, London University Tutorial Press 1953, 1961
• A scientist Who believes in God, London 1961
• Michael E. Fisher: problem- dimer in statistical mechanics -an exact result, Philos. Magazine, Volume 6, 1961, pp. 1061-1063