Douglas Hartree

Douglas Hartree

FRS
Douglas Hartree; FRS
Born	Douglas Rayner Hartree; 27 March 1897; Cambridge, England, UK
Died	12 February 1958 (aged 60); Cambridge, England, UK
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge
Known for	MCHF; Appleton–Hartree equation; Differential analyser; Hartree (unit of energy); Hartree equation; Hartree–Fock method;
Awards	Fellow of the Royal Society
	Scientific career
Fields	numerical analysis; atomic physics
Institutions	University of Manchester; Ministry of Supply; University of Cambridge
Doctoral advisor	Ralph H. Fowler
Doctoral students	Oscar Buneman; Charlotte Fischer; Aaron Klug; Phyllis Nicolson; Cicely Ridley;

Douglas Rayner Hartree FRS (27 March 1897 – 12 February 1958) was an English mathematician and physicist most famous for the development of numerical analysis and its application to the Hartree–Fock equations of atomic physics and the construction of a differential analyser using Meccano.

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