Hubert Davies, Lecturer in Mathematics from 1948 until 1991, died on 15 August 2018 at the age of 99. Born in Llanelli, Hubert gained a First in Mathematics at Aberystwyth University in 1941 and during the war he worked on ballistics and then meteorology at Shoeburyness. It was there that he met Jeanne whom he married in 1947.
He gained a PhD at Imperial College in 1948 and then came to Southampton where he remained for the rest of his career with two significant breaks; the first as a Fulbright Scholar at Princeton University in the USA, and the second at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa.
Hubert loved sport and was an accomplished rugby and tennis player. He was convinced of the value of physical recreational activities in the lives and wellbeing of students. Over the years he campaigned for the construction of major sports facilities at the University, and it was he who persuaded the University to create a Department of Physical Education.
A father, grandfather and great-grandfather, his company was a pleasure, and people invariably came away from meeting Hubert feeling it was time well spent.
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