Lewis Fry Richardson

Lewis Fry Richardson, FRS (11 October 1881 – 30 September 1953) was an English mathematician, physicist, meteorologist, psychologist, and pacifist who pioneered modern mathematical techniques of weather forecasting, and the application of similar techniques to studying the causes of wars and how to prevent them.

Richardson is also noted for his pioneering work on fractals and a method for solving a system of linear equations known as modified Richardson iteration. Provided by Wikipedia