I am a professor emeritus of mathematics and computer science
from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA.
I first got more than casually interested in medieval history
as a result of genealogical investigations undertaken in the
past few years by me and one of my daughters (who lives in London
--- we communicate electronically, aside from a few visits with
each other). This led to an interest in Anglo-Saxon history,
and more generally British history up to the 17th century or
so (I'm descended from a bunch of Puritans who came to what
became the USA, many of them in the 1630s). Since we appear
to have established royal lines, my interests extended to
medieval history in other parts of Europe. Since I try as
far as possible to consult original sources, in translation
to English, French, German or Italian (my Latin is weak),
I naturally have become interested in matters of religion
as found in medieval Europe. I should add, I guess, that
while I am technically a mathematician, I also trained as
an historian of science, including ancient and medieval
science, but mostly of science since the 16th century.
I was for 5 years, before I came to my present university,
a senior lecturer in mathematics, and history and philosophy
of science in two universities in New Zealand (Otago and
Waikato, in the 1960s --- I taught at Waikato when it
was founded). I've published a number of articles in
history of mathematics, and some earlier in history of
science.
Gordon Fisher [log in to unmask]
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