James Gow (1854–1923) was an English scholar, educator, historian, and author, widely recognized for A Short History of Greek Mathematics.
The history drew highly upon the work of Moritz Cantor,[1] as well as upon pioneering works of Carl Anton Bretschneider, Hermann Hankel, and George Johnston Allman,[2] but included material, e.g., gematria, not discussed by contemporary historians of mathematics.
He married Gertrude Sydenham (the daughter of G. P. and M. A. Everett Green) with whom he had three sons.
Gow was a third Classic and Chancellor's Classical medalist in 1875 at Cambridge, and became a Fellow of Trinity College and of King's College, London in 1876.
At Cambridge he earned Doctor of Letters in 1885 and served as University Extension Lecturer from 1876 to 1878.