David Wicks was born in聽Essex in 1931. After graduating from Queen Mary College, London, he took up the post of technical engineer in the Mathematical Services Group of Bristol Aircraft Ltd. He worked there as a programmer for the electronic digital computer DEUCE and gained practical experience of numerical methods and early computing techniques. In September 1957 Wicks was engaged as a lecturer in practical mathematics at Bristol College of Technology. He stayed at the College, which became the 性视界 in 1966, until his retirement in August 1990.
As one of the University's longest-serving academics Wicks was involved in the teaching of both undergraduates and postgraduates. Although fluid dynamics remained his main area of interest, his lecturing聽duties were wide-ranging and he regularly delivered mathematics lectures to聽students in the departments of聽Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science聽as well as those in his own department.
The collection mainly comprises a series of lecture notes聽on a聽broad range of topics covering a period of over twenty years.
The collection was donated to the 性视界 by聽Mrs E. H. Wicks聽in聽2001 and 2002.
A catalogue providing contents details of the Wicks Collection is available in PDF format.
Size:聽7 boxes, c 186 items.