Royal Statistical Society
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION
Founded 1834 as the Statistical Society of London. "The Royal Statistical Society is an international membership organisation with members in over 50 countries worldwide. We promote public understanding of statistics and provide professional support to users of statistics and statisticians."
Official Website:
http://www.rss.org.uk/
Location:
London, England
Founding Date:
15-Mar-1834
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Charles Babbage |
Mathematician |
26-Dec-1791 |
18-Oct-1871 |
Inventor of the Difference Engine |
| Alexander Dallas Bache |
Physicist |
19-Jul-1806 |
17-Feb-1867 |
First President, National Academy of Sciences |
| David H. Blackwell |
Mathematician |
24-Apr-1919 |
8-Jul-2010 |
Bayesian statistics |
| Charles Booth |
Sociologist |
30-Mar-1840 |
23-Nov-1916 |
Studied poverty in London |
| George E. P. Box |
Mathematician |
18-Oct-1919 |
28-Mar-2013 |
Statistician at University of Wisconsin |
| Charles Clarke |
Politician |
21-Sep-1950 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 2004-06 |
| George Darwin |
Astronomer |
9-Jul-1845 |
7-Dec-1912 |
Evolution of the Sun-Earth-Moon system |
| Francis Edgeworth |
Mathematician |
8-Feb-1845 |
13-Feb-1926 |
Pure Theory of Taxation |
| Ronald Fisher |
Mathematician |
17-Feb-1890 |
29-Jul-1962 |
Analysis of variance and covariance |
| Joseph Mortimer Granville |
Doctor |
1833 |
1900 |
Electric vibrator |
| John Maynard Keynes |
Economist |
5-Jun-1883 |
21-Apr-1946 |
Father of Keynesian economics |
| Simon Kuznets |
Economist |
30-Apr-1901 |
8-Jul-1985 |
National Income and Its Composition |
| Wassily Leontief |
Economist |
5-Aug-1906 |
5-Feb-1999 |
Structure of the American Economy |
| Florence Nightingale |
Activist |
12-May-1820 |
13-Aug-1910 |
Established nursing as a profession |
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