Leslie Fox

Leslie Fox (1918-1992) was director of the Oxford University Computer Laboratory (1957-1983), Professor of Numerical Analysis at Oxford University, and Fellow of Balliol College. He was a distinguished researcher in numerical linear algebra and differential equations. More information about him can be found in the references below.

• Leslie Fox at the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
• Leslie Fox at Wikipedia.
• Leslie Fox at the Mathematics_Genealogy_Project (note that the details there are incomplete).
• Obituary by D. F. Mayers (University of Oxford) and J. E. Walsh (University of Manchester), Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society 31 (1999), 241-7, including a list of ninety publications
• Obituary by C. Clenshaw in The Independent (1992).
• Booklet (Oxford University Computing Laboratory, 1994, 77 pages) titled Leslie Fox 1918-1992 containing two Addresses given at Memorial Service and biographical and other information.