Author: Sir Ernest Gowers
Alternate names: Ernest Arthur Gowers, Sir G.C.B.; Ernest Gowers, Sir; Ernest Gowers; Gowers, Ernest Arthur Sir; Ernest Arthur, Sir Gowers; Gowers, Ernest Sir.
Title: Sir
Born: 1880
Died: 1966
Bio: A senior British civil servant, Sir Ernest Gowers was the author of both *Plain words* (1948) and *The ABC of plain words* (1951).  These two works he later combined and revised as *The complete plain words* (1954).  He went on to revise H. W. Fowler's evergreen work *Modern English usage* (1965).