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Ian Porteus Howard, BSc, PhD (July 20, 1927 – June 1, 2013) was a Canadian psychologist and researcher in visual perception at York University in Toronto.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2013/06/05/passings-prof-ian-howard-a-pioneer-in-vision-research/ )〕 ==Life and career== Howard was born in Lancashire, England, close to the Yorkshire border. He studied for a BSc at Manchester University, graduating in 1952. Howard held academic positions in Departments of Psychology at Durham University (1953-1964) (from which he obtained his PhD in 1965), at New York University (1965), and at York University in Toronto (1966-2013). At York University, he contributed to the development of the Department of Psychology and, in 1992〔 founded the Centre for Vision Research (CVR). While at York, Howard became full professor. Upon retirement in 1993, he became Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus, a position he held until his death. Howard was renowned for his research into human visual perception.〔 van de Grind, W. A. (N.D.). 1950-1 – Maze Runner – Ian P. Howard (England) (). Retrieved from http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=996〕 In June 2013, Howard had an h-index of 35. During his time at York, Howard hired Martin J. Steinbach as his first postdoctoral fellow (1968) and supervised four PhD students.〔Ian P. Howard's Neurotree entry. Retrieved from http://neurotree.org/neurotree/tree.php?pid=8763〕 In 1956, Howard married Antonie (Toni) Eber. They had three children (Neil, Martin, and Ruth Howard.) As of June 2013, they had seven grandchildren (Colin, Graeme, Alice, Katie, Shifra, Helah, and Eli). Howard died of cancer on 1 June 2013.〔Rogers, B. (2013). () Ian Howard. Retrieved from http://visionlists.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/visionlist-ian-howard.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ian P. Howard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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