David Fowler

David Fowler, was an eminent historian of mathematics at Warwick University. He was one of the top half dozen leading experts in the world on early Greek mathematics, notably of pre-Euclidean ratio theory. He was a well-known figure in the British Society of the History of Mathematics, and was regarded as a father figure by many of the younger members. He always attended meetings of the BSHM, gently and wisely contributing to the discussions of all the papers presented there. Among historians he was looked up to as an authoritative mathematician, and among mathematicians he was looked up to as an authoritative historian; he managed to straddle both worlds.