Kenneth L. Johnson

Kenneth Langstreth Johnson FRS FREng (19 March 1925 – 21 September 2015) was a British engineer, Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge from 1977 to 1992 and a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge.

Education

Johnson was educated at Barrow Grammar School and the University of Manchester where he was awarded MScTech, Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees supervised by H. Wright Baker.

Awards and honours

Johnson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1982 and won their Royal Medal in 2003 "In recognition of his outstanding work in the field of contact mechanics."

In 1999, Johnson won the William Prager Medal awarded by the Society of Engineering Science. He was also awarded the 2006 Timoshenko Medal.

He died on 21 September 2015.