NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Sir Ernest Gowers

He edited the 1926 second edition of Fowler's Modern English Usage. His own The Complete Plain Words was published in 1954, expanding Plain Words, a guide to the use of English from 1948. He wrote also on capital punishment.

He was the father of composer Patrick Gowers and grandfather of mathematician and Fields Medallist Tim Gowers.

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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Sir Ernest Gowers (226 words)
	Sir Ernest Gowers (1880 - 1966) was a British civil servant, now best known for work on style guides for the writing of the English language.
	He was the father of composer Patrick Gowers and grandfather of mathematician and Fields Medallist Tim Gowers.
	He was the grandfather of composer Patrick Gowers and greatgrandfather of mathematician and Fields Medallist Tim Gowers.

NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Patrick Gowers (488 words)
	He is the grandson of British civil servant Sir Ernest Gowers and the father of mathematician Timothy Gowers.
	He is as of 1998 Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Trinity College.
	He is the son of composer Patrick Gowers and greatgrandson of British civil servant Sir Ernest Gowers.

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