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Born

23 May 1936
Chryston, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Died

26 December 2011
St Andrews, Scotland

Summary

John Howie was a Scottish mathematician who was Regius Professor of Mathematics at the University of St Andrews for more than 40 years. He was a specialist in semigroup theory.

Biography

John Howie's parents were David Yuille Howie and Janet Macdonald Mackintosh. There were three children in the family, with John having an elder sister and a younger brother. The Rev David Howie was a Church of Scotland minister at the Parish Church in Chryston at the time John was born. The family left Chryston in 1937 and moved to Keith, about 45 miles northwest of Aberdeen, where John attended primary school. The family moved again in 1946, this time to Aberdeen, where John's secondary education was at Robert Gordon's College. He entered the College in 1948 and completed his school education in 1954 as Modern Dux of the College. Then he entered the University of A John howie menu!