Background
Syed Jan Abas was born on August 18, 1936 in Allahabad, India. He was the son of Syed Mushtaq Bilgirami (a railway official) and Amna Khatoon.
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Syed Jan Abas was born on August 18, 1936 in Allahabad, India. He was the son of Syed Mushtaq Bilgirami (a railway official) and Amna Khatoon.
Syed Jan Abas studied at University of London. He recieved B.S. degree in 1963 and Ph.D. in 1967.
Syed Jan Abas was a lecturer in maths and information technology at University of Wales, Bangor, Wales, since 1966. He was also a research fellow at Manchester University Computer Graphics Unit and a member of the editorial board at Journal of Speculations in Science and Technology.
His first book "Computers in Health and Fitness" was written in 1988 and explained to non-scientists how computers work and their relevance in a matter that concerns everyone — health and fitness. The next two books "Pascal: An Interactive Text (textbook)", 1990 and "Rapid Turbo Pascal Graphics Tutor (textbook)", 1992 are university texts and came as a result of teaching innovation in computer programming and computer graphics. His latest book on Islamic patterns ("Symmetries of Islamic Geometrical Patterns", 1995) resulted from his love of Islamic geometrical art, which allowed him to experience science and art in unity.
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He described his attitude to politics as: “I fly no flags.”
Syed Jan Abas married first wife, Rosemary, on July 6, 1957 (divorced June 4, 1993). He married second wife, Janet (a teacher), on August 25, 1995. He had 5 children: Melanie Broadhead, Shamin Di Pilla, Madleine, Robin, Zara.
