Thomas Muirhead Flett

Thomas Muirhead Flett (28 July 1923 – 13 February 1976) was an English mathematician at Sheffield University working on analysis.

Career During World War II, Flett was first employed as a laboratory assistant in the Post Office Research Station at Dollis Hill, where the electronic computers used for code-breaking at Bletchley Park were being assembled. In 1966, Flett spent a year at the University of Washington in Seattle. In 1967, he joined the University of Sheffield as a professor of pure mathematics. Flett contracted multiple myeloma

At the time of his death, Flett had almost completed his second textbook Differential Analysis: Differentiation, Differential Equations and Differential Inequalities. It was edited and published by his colleague at Sheffield, Prof. John Sydney Pym.

Family In 1948, Flett married Joan Frances Ayers (1923–2016). They had two daughters.

Tom and Joan Flett were avid Scottish dancers. In 1964, they co-authored Traditional Dancing in Scotland.