Richard S. Ward

Richard Samuel Ward
Born (1951-09-06) 6 September 1951
Education
  • Rhodes University (BSc, MSc)
  • University of Oxford (DPhil)
Known forWard construction
Ward's conjecture
Penrose–Ward correspondence
Penrose–Ward transform
AwardsWhitehead Prize (1989)
Fellow of the Royal Society (2005)
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUniversity of Durham
Doctoral advisor
Roger Penrose
Doctoral students
Paul Sutcliffe
Websitewww.maths.dur.ac.uk/~dma0rsw/

Richard Samuel Ward FRS (born 6 September 1951) is a British mathematical physicist. He is a Professor of Mathematical & Theoretical Particle Physics at the University of Durham.