My friend and colleague Tim Poston, who has died aged 72, had an unorthodox academic career that combined pure mathematics with physics, engineering, computer science and medicine. He also co-authored two science-fiction novels.
He was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, to Ralph, a broadcaster and Anglican priest, and his wife, Mary (nee King), a teacher and later a psychiatric social worker. As his parents moved around for work purposes, Tim was educated at various schools in Britain and abroad before he went to Hull University, where he graduated with a first-class degree in mathematics in 1967. He followed it up with a PhD at Warwick University in 1972, then worked in mathematics and physics research centres around the world, mainly as a research fellow or visiting professor. Among the many cities in which he worked were Rio de Janeiro, Porto, Geneva, Stuttgart, Los Angeles and Bangalore.
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