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Chandler Davis
1926–2022
A mathematician, teacher, and activist, he brought unusual breadth to everything he did, from research and editing to science fiction and poetry. His life was shaped as much by moral courage as by intellectual curiosity.
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Blind Play
by Chandler Davis
The statistomat pitch
by Chandler Davis
About the author
Born in Ithaca, New York, in 1926, Chandler Davis became known as an American-Canadian mathematician, writer, educator, and political activist. He earned his PhD at Harvard and later taught for many years at the University of Toronto, where he was a professor of mathematics and an important part of the university community.
His career reached well beyond the classroom. Davis wrote mathematics with clarity and style, helped shape The Mathematical Intelligencer as a founding editor, and also published science fiction, poetry, and other writing. Readers and colleagues alike remembered the unusual range of his interests and the warmth and humanity he brought to serious ideas.
He is also remembered for his principled public life. During the McCarthy era, he refused to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee and was imprisoned, later moving to Canada, where he continued both his academic work and his activism. He died in Toronto in 2022 at the age of 96.