Stephen Montgomery-Smith

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My Life

Favorite Quote

"for Thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart is restless, until it repose in Thee." "Confessions", Augustine, Book 1, Chapter 1

Friends describe me

Loquacious

My hobbies

Mathematics and computers

Fantasy dinner guests

William Wilberforce, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Augustine of Hippo, Abraham Lincoln

Best advice I ever received

My Father told me "If it's a job worth doing, its worth doing badly." Think about this - this advice is smarter than you might first suppose.

My undergrad alma mater

St. John's College, Cambridge. The same place William Wilberforce went.

My worst subject in school

English Literature

In college I drove

Bicycle. That was all we were allowed.

If I weren't a professor, I would

Wish I were a professor. I cannot think of what else I can be.

Favorite books

Luther's Commentary on Galatians. (But I didn't get to the end.)

Favorite movies

Testimony: The Story of Shostakovich

Favorite city

Columbia, Missouri. But the food in Monterrey, California is better.

Favorite coffee

Espresso made with Illy medium roast.

Nobody knows I

Once met the Duke of Edinburgh.

My latest accomplishment

Signing up with MeetTheProf.