Kenneth Arthur Stroud (/straʊd/; Richmond, Surrey, 28 September 1908 – Hertfordshire township, February 3, 2000)[1] was a mathematician and Principal Lecturer in Mathematics at Lanchester Polytechnic in Coventry, England.
[2][3] He is most widely known as the author of several mathematics textbooks, especially the very popular Engineering Mathematics.
Stroud held a B.Sc.
[4] Stroud was an innovator in programmed learning and the identification of precise learning outcomes,[5][6] and Nigel Steele calls his textbook Engineering Mathematics, based on the programmed learning approach, "one of the most successful mathematics textbooks ever published.
"[7] He died in February 2000, aged 91.