This seems to engender in those who write about it a feeling that the lack of any abstruseness in their subject matter demands a compensatory abstruseness in their language.
Ernest Gowers Quotes
Showing all quotesErnest Gowers (3)
Birth: | 2nd June, 1880 |
Death: | 16th April, 1966 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Civil Servant, Writer |
About
Sir Ernest Arthur Gowers was born in London, England. He was a British civil servant and writer. He is best remembered for his book Plain Words, first published in 1948. Before making his name as an author he had a long career in the British civil service, which he entered in 1903. His final full-time appointment was as Senior Regional Commissioner for Civil Defence, London Region. After the Second World War he was appointed chairman of numerous government inquiries, including the 1949 Royal Commission into Capital Punishment. He was also chairman of the Harlow New Town Development Corporation. In 1902, he graduated from Cambridge.
Related Authors
Advertisement
Today's Anniversary - 12th February
Births
- 1893 - Omar Nelson Bradley
- 1939 - Leon Richard Kass
- 1932 - Julian Lincoln Simon
- 1972 - Ajay Naidu
- 1939 - Raymond Daniel Manczarek Jr
Deaths
- 1947 - Kurt Lewin
- 1980 - Muriel Rukeyser
- 1976 - Sal Mineo
- 1954 - Dziga Vertov
- 1884 - Aaron Bernstein
Quote of the day
Popular Topics
Love Quotes
Art Quotes
Attitude Quotes
Baby Quotes
Being Yourself Quotes
Best Friend Quotes
Clever Quotes
Confidence Quotes
Effort Quotes
Enemy Quotes
Failure Quotes
Fear Quotes
Future Quotes
God Quotes
Inspirational Quotes
Laughter Quotes
Mother Quotes
Past Quotes
Positive Quotes
Power Quotes
Sad Quotes
Stupid Quotes
Sympathy Quotes
Work Quotes
Sports Quotes
Intelligence Quotes
History Quotes
Dissent Quotes
Management Quotes
Suffering Quotes
About Quoteswave
Quoteswave have collection of famous quotes and sayings by popular authors. We have biggest database of famous proverbs and quotes with images. We have categorized all quotes with different topics and tags like love quotes, inspirational, motivational, life, friendship, success, smile, achievement and belief quotes. Everyone love good meaningful quotes so share famous picture quotes with your friends and loved one.
Our mission is to motivate, boost self confiedence and inspire people to Love life, live life and surf life with words.
Our mission is to motivate, boost self confiedence and inspire people to Love life, live life and surf life with words.

Share with your friends