who are they? and how are they connected? j hanley, mcgill university
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Who are they?
And how are they connected?
J Hanley, McGill University
SanderGreenland
JohnSnow
For her contribution to Army statistics and comparative hospital statistics in 1860, she became the first woman to be elected a fellow of the Statistical Society.
Florence Nightingale
English[ cette homme ] + “er” = This man
French statistician,1781-1840
English statistician,1890-1962
Siméon Denis POISSON Ronald A. FISHER
1958 paper is 1 of top 5 most
referenced papers in sciences • 1693: First Life Table• 1705 predicted that
comet seen in 1531, 1607, & 1682 would return in 1758.
In late 40s & early 50s advocated scientific studies of clinical & public health interventions. Polio vaccine trial one of largest RCTs ever conducted
Edmund HALLEY
PaulMEIER
• HILL, Sir Austin Bradford 1897-
• http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/maths/histstat/people/
Medical Statistician,1897-1991
Epidemiologist1912-
“Statistical Aspects of the Analysis of Data from Retrospective Studies of Disease” JNCI, 1959; 22: 719 - 748
Nathan Mantel & William Haenszel
Ivy League Duellists
TROHOC, NIETSNIEF and all that…
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Peter Armitage
JOHN LAST
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BiostatisticianTobacco warriorTextbook author
Stanley Glantz
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