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Howard G. Funkhouser
Howard Gray Funkhouser (April 14, 1898 – Dec. 1984) was an American mathematician, historian and Associate Professor of Mathematics at the Washington and Lee University and later at the Phillips Exeter Academy, particularly known for his early work on the history of graphical methods,〔Beniger, James R., and Dorothy L. Robyn. "Quantitative graphics in statistics: A brief history." ''The American Statistician'' 32.1 (1978): 1–11.〕〔Cleveland, William S. ''Visualizing data.'' Hobart Press, 1993.〕
== Biography ==
Funkhouser was born in Dayton, Virginia to Charles Andrew Funkhouser and Maud Irene Snapp. He obtained his AB in mathematics in 1921 from the Washington and Lee University, and his A.M. in mathematics from Columbia University in 1924. In 1937 he also obtained his PhD from Columbia 〔''Phillips Exeter Academy – PEAN Yearbook,'' 1949 p. 90 〕 with the thesis, entitled "Historical development of the graphical representation of statistical data.
Funkhouser started his academic career as instructor at the Virginia Military Institute, instructor at Columbia University, and was Associate Professor of Mathematics at the Washington and Lee University. In June 1932 he was appointed instructor in mathematics at the Phillips Exeter Academy.〔 In the 1930s he wrote a series of articles and his thesis on the history of quantitative graphics. This thesis van republished under the same title the same year in the scholarly journal on the history of science ''Osiris.'' In 1932 he was elected member of the American Mathematical Society.〔American Mathematical Society, "Annual meeting in new orleans," March 1932.〕
Funkhouser was married to Louise Thompson and lived with his family in Exeter, New Hampshire, where he died in December 1984.
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