John Mackintosh Howie
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John Mackintosh Howie Script error: No such module "If empty". (23 May 1936 – 26 December 2011) was a Scottish mathematician and prominent semigroup theorist.[1]
Biography
Howie was educated at Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen, the University of Aberdeen and Balliol College, Oxford, where he wrote a Ph.D. thesis under the direction of Graham Higman.
In 1966 the University of Stirling was established with Walter D. Munn (fr) at head of the department of mathematics. Munn recruited Howie to teach there.[2]Template:Rp
According to Christopher Hollings,
- ...a 'British school' of semigroup theory cannot be said to have taken off properly until the mid-1960s when John M. Howie completed an Oxford DPhil in semigroup theory (partly under Preston's influence) and Munn began to supervise research students in semigroups (most notably, Norman R. Reilly).[2]
He won the Keith Prize of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1979–81. He was Regius Professor of Mathematics at the University of St Andrews from 1970 to 1997. No successor to this chair was named until 2015 when Igor Rivin was appointed.
Howie was charged with reviewing universal, comprehensive secondary education in Scotland, which was viewed as failing its students. Impressed with education in Denmark, his committee proposed a tracking scheme to improve academic outcomes, and communicated recommendations in Upper Secondary Education in Scotland (1992).[3][4]
Public appointments
- Mathematics Panel, Scottish Examination Board 1967–1973; Convener from 1970
- Chairman, Scottish Central Committee for Mathematics 1975–1981
- President, Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1973–74
- London Mathematical Society:
- Council 1982–1988, 1989–1992
- Vice-president 1986–1988, 1990–1992
- Chairman of Education Committee 1985–1989
- Chairman of Public Affairs Committee 1990–1992
- Member of Dunning Committee 1975–1977
- Chairman of Governors, Dundee College of Education 1983–1987
- Governor, Northern College of Education 1987–2001
- Chairman, Scottish Mathematical Council 1987–1993
- Chairman, Committee to review fifth and sixth years (Howie Committee) 1990–1992
- Council, Royal Society of Edinburgh 1992–1995
- Chairman, Steering Committee, International Centre for Mathematical Sciences 1991–1997
Books
- 1976: An Introduction to Semigroup Theory, Academic Press Template:Mr
- 1991: Automata and Languages, Clarendon Press Template:ISBN Template:Mr
- 1992: Upper Secondary Education in Scotland (Howie Report)[5]
- 1995: Fundamentals of Semigroup Theory, Clarendon Press Template:ISBN Template:Mr
- 2001: Real Analysis, Springer books Template:ISBN Template:Mr
- 2003: Complex Analysis, Springer books Template:ISBN Template:Mr
- 2006: Fields and Galois Theory, Springer books Template:ISBN Template:Mr
References
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External links
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- 1936 births
- 2011 deaths
- Scientists from Aberdeen
- People educated at Robert Gordon's College
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Alumni of the University of Aberdeen
- Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
- Academics of the University of St Andrews
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- 20th-century Scottish mathematicians
- British textbook writers
- Sir Edmund Whittaker Memorial Prize winners