Olgierd Zienkiewicz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Olgierd Zienkiewicz

British academic of Polish descent, mathematician and civil engineer

Date of Birth: 18-May-1921

Place of Birth: Caterham, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 02-Jan-2009

Profession: mathematician, university teacher, civil engineer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Olgierd Cecil Zienkiewicz (18 May 1921 – 2 January 2009) was a British academic of Polish descent, mathematician, and civil engineer.
He was born in Caterham, England.
He was one of the early pioneers of the finite element method.
Since his first paper in 1947 dealing with numerical approximation to the stress analysis of dams, he published nearly 600 papers and wrote or edited more than 25 books.