Froude

Froude is a family name for the following people:

• James Anthony Froude (1818-1894), British historian, novelist and editor of Fraser's Magazine, brother of William and Hurrell Froude
• Richard Hurrell Froude (1803-1836), British Anglican cleric of the "Oxford Movement"
• Robert Edmund Froude (1846–1924), English shipbuilding engineer, son of William Froude
• William Froude (1810–1879), English naval engineer and researcher in the field of hydrodynamics

See also:

• Froude pendulum , self-excited mechanical pendulum
• Froude number
• Froude and Rankine's theorem

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