Howson started to work as
algebraist and in 1954 published the
Howson property of
groups and proved it for some types of groups. Later Howson concentrated on mathematics education and participated in reforms of mathematics education in the Great Britain and internationally. He was the editor-in-chief and chairman of Trustees of the
School Mathematics Project in Great Britain and was involved in many other national and international projects: • 1972 he participated in the
2nd International Congress on Mathematical Education held in
Exeter and edited
Developments in Mathematical Education, the proceedings of that Congress. Howson worked at
University of Southampton as head of the Department of Mathematics and Dean of the Faculty of Mathematical Studies. In 1988 he served as president of the
Mathematical Association, and two terms as Secretary of the
International Commission on Mathematical Instruction. Howson died on 1 November 2022, aged 91. ==References ==