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Albert Geoffrey Howson (1931 – 1 November 2022) was a British mathematician and educationist.


Life

Howson started to work as algebraist and in 1954 published the Howson property of
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and proved it for some types of groups. Later Howson concentrated on mathematics education and participated in reforms of mathematics education in the Great Britain and internationally. He was the editor-in-chief and chairman of Trustees of the
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in Great Britain and was involved in many other national and international projects. Howson worked at
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as head of the Department of Mathematics and Dean of the Faculty of Mathematical Studies. He served as president of the
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, and two terms as Secretary of the
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. Howson died on 1 November 2022, aged 91.


References

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