Philip Woodward

| death_date = | fields = Signal processing, computing, horology | alma_mater = Oxford University | workplaces = Telecommunications Research Establishment, Royal Signals and Radar Establishment | known_for = Ambiguity function, sinc function, rect function, comb operator, rep operator, ALGOL 68-R | awards = Lifetime achievement award of the Royal Academy of Engineering (2005)
IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications (2009)
Tompion medal of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers (2009) }}

Philip Mayne Woodward (6 September 1919 – 30 January 2018) was a British mathematician, radar engineer and horologist. He achieved notable success in all three fields. Before retiring, he was a deputy chief scientific officer at the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment of the British Ministry of Defence in Malvern, Worcestershire. Provided by Wikipedia