George F. D. Duff Scientist

George Francis Denton Duff (July 29, 1926 – March 2, 2001) was a Canadian mathematician who did research in partial differential equations and wave phenomena. He took an interest in harnessing the extraordinarily large tides in the Bay of Fundy for generating electricity.Duff was a PhD student of Solomon Lefschetz at Princeton University. He became a professor at the University of Toronto in 1952. There, he supervised the Ph.D. theses of 13 students and served as chair of the Mathematics Department from 1968 to 1975. Duff was an Invited Plenary speaker at International Congress of Mathematicians in Vancouver in1974.[1]

Personal facts

Birth date	July 28, 1926
Birth place	Toronto
Date of death	March 02, 2001
Place of death	Canada
Residence	Canada
Education	Princeton University University of Toronto