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'''Henry Philip Wynn''' |
'''Henry Philip Wynn''' is a British statistician. |
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He gained a BA in Mathematics from Oxford and a PhD in Mathematical Statistics from Imperial College. He was appointed a Lecturer and then Reader at Imperial College before moving to City University in 1985 as Professor of Mathematical Statistics (and Dean of Mathematics from 1987 to 1995). At City he co-founded the Engineering Design Centre. |
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| ⚫ | From 1834 to 1978, RSS Presidents had always been nominated and returned unopposed. In 1978 however there had been a lot of opposition when Council arranged for Sir [[Campbell Adamson]] to stand for Council, on the understanding that he would stand for and become President the following year. However, for the first time in living memory there was an election for Council, and Campbell Adamson came last out of a 25 candidates. (There were 25 candidates and 24 place on Council. This resulted from a very active campaign by the newly formed [[Radical Statistics]].) |
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He moved again, in 1995, to the University of Warwick as founding Director of the Risk Initiative and Statistical Consultancy Unit. He is currently, from 2003, Professor of Statistics at the Department of Statistics, London School of Economics where he leads the Decision Support and Risk Group. <ref> {{cite web| url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/cats/People%20&%20CVs/HenryPage.htm| title = Henry P. Wynn|publisher = London School of Economics|accessdate = 7 August 2010}} </ref> |
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Despite this, Campbell Adamson was put up for President, and Radical Statistics organised a campaign against him. Akthough Henry Wynn was relatively unknown at the time, he won the election and completed his presidency. |
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| ⚫ | He was the elected [[President of the Royal Statistical Socitey]] in 1977 <ref> {{cite web|url = http://www.rss.org.uk/main.asp?page=1078| title = Royal Statistical Society - Presidents|publisher = Royal Statistical Society|accessdate = 8 August 2010}} </ref> , the first president to be elected by a contested vote. From 1834 to 1978, RSS Presidents had always been nominated and returned unopposed. In 1978 however there had been a lot of opposition when Council arranged for Sir [[Campbell Adamson]] to stand for Council, on the understanding that he would stand for and become President the following year. However, for the first time in living memory there was an election for Council, and Campbell Adamson came last out of a 25 candidates. (There were 25 candidates and 24 place on Council. This resulted from a very active campaign by the newly formed [[Radical Statistics]].) Despite this, Campbell Adamson was put up for President, and Radical Statistics organised a campaign against him. Akthough Henry Wynn was relatively unknown at the time, he won the election and completed his presidency. |
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Henry Philip Wynn is a British statistician.
He gained a BA in Mathematics from Oxford and a PhD in Mathematical Statistics from Imperial College. He was appointed a Lecturer and then Reader at Imperial College before moving to City University in 1985 as Professor of Mathematical Statistics (and Dean of Mathematics from 1987 to 1995). At City he co-founded the Engineering Design Centre.
He moved again, in 1995, to the University of Warwick as founding Director of the Risk Initiative and Statistical Consultancy Unit. He is currently, from 2003, Professor of Statistics at the Department of Statistics, London School of Economics where he leads the Decision Support and Risk Group. [1]
He was the elected President of the Royal Statistical Socitey in 1977 [2] , the first president to be elected by a contested vote. From 1834 to 1978, RSS Presidents had always been nominated and returned unopposed. In 1978 however there had been a lot of opposition when Council arranged for Sir Campbell Adamson to stand for Council, on the understanding that he would stand for and become President the following year. However, for the first time in living memory there was an election for Council, and Campbell Adamson came last out of a 25 candidates. (There were 25 candidates and 24 place on Council. This resulted from a very active campaign by the newly formed Radical Statistics.) Despite this, Campbell Adamson was put up for President, and Radical Statistics organised a campaign against him. Akthough Henry Wynn was relatively unknown at the time, he won the election and completed his presidency.
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- ^ "Henry P. Wynn". London School of Economics. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
- ^ "Royal Statistical Society - Presidents". Royal Statistical Society. Retrieved 8 August 2010.