Sir Ernest Arthur Gowers GCB GBE (2 June1880–16 April 1966) was a British civil servant, now best known for work on style guides for writing the English language. He was was born in London on the younger of the two sons of Sir William Richard Gowers (1845–1915), physician. He was educated at Rugby School and at Clare College, Cambridge, where he gained a a first class in the classical tripos in 1902. Wikipedia
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