Keith Devlin

Keith J. Devlin
Keith Devlin (2011)
Born	16 March 1947 (1947-03-16) (age 69) Hull, England
Nationality	English and American
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Stanford University, King's College London, University of Bristol, University of Manchester, University of Aberdeen, University of Oslo, University of Heidelberg, University of Bonn, University of Toronto, University of Lancaster, Colby College, St. Mary's College of California
Alma mater	King's College London, University of Bristol
Doctoral advisor	Frederick Rowbottom

Keith J. Devlin is a British mathematician and popular science writer. Since 1987 he has lived in the United States. He has dual American-British citizenship.

Devlin earned a BSc (Special) in Mathematics at King's College London in 1968, and a PhD in Mathematics at the University of Bristol in 1971 under the supervision of Frederick Rowbottom. He is co-founder and Executive Director of Stanford University's Human-Sciences and Technologies Advanced Research Institute, a co-founder of Stanford Media X university-industry research partnership program, and a Senior Researcher in the Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI). He is a commentator on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Saturday, where he is known as "The Math Guy."

As of 2012, he is the author of 34 books and over 80 research articles. Several of his books are aimed at an audience of the general public.