Tłumaczenie z języka angielskiego-Ian Porteus Howard był kanadyjskim psychologiem i badaczem percepcji wzrokowej na York University w Toronto.

Ian 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[1] 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.[2]

In June 2013, Howard had an h-index of 35.[3] During his time at York, Howard hired Martin J. Steinbach as his first postdoctoral fellow (1968) and supervised four PhD students.[4]

In 1956, Howard married Antonie (Toni) Eber. They had three children: Ruth, Neil and Martin, and 7 grandchildren: Colin, Graeme, Alice, Shifra, Helah, Eli, and Katie/Mika.[citation needed]

Ian died of cancer on 1 June 2013.[5]