Heyde, Christopher Charles (1939 - 2008)

Summary

Christopher Heyde became Professor of Statistics at the Australian National University in 1987. He was formerly Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics 1975-1983. Heyde was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) in 1977 and was Vice-President from 1988 to 1989. He also held executive positions with the Statistical Society of An and the Australian Mathematical Society. Heyde made outstanding contributions to probability theory and its applications, his theoretical work focusing on the laws of large numbers, branching processes, martingale theory and estimation theory. Other interests included the history of statistics and probability; with colleague Eugene Seneta he published several books in this field. Heyde also contributed significantly to his field through his editorial roles with a number of international journals.

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Chronology

1961

Education - BSc (hons), University of Sydney

1962

Education - MSc, University of Sydney

1964 - 1965

Career position - Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A.

1965

Education - PhD, Australian National University

1965 - 1967

Career position - Lecturer, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

1967 - 1968

Career position - Special Lecturer, University of Manchester, United Kingdom

1968 - 1975

Career position - Reader in Statistics, School of General Studies, Australian National University

1972 - 1973

Career position - Visiting Professor, Stanford University, Stanford, California, U.S.A.

1972 - 1974

Career position - Associate Editor, Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society

1972 - 1982

Career position - Editor, Advances in applied probability

1972 - 2008

Career position - Member, International Statistical Institute

1973

Education - DSc, Australian National University

1973 - 1978

Career position - Editor, Australian journal of statistics

1973 - 1983

Career position - Member of Council, Canberra Branch, Statistical Society of Australia

1973 - 1986

Career position - Member of Council, Statistical Society of Australia

1973 - 2008

Award - Institute of Mathematical Statistics

1974 - 1981

Career position - Associate Editor, Annals of probability

1975 - 1983

Career position - Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics

1976 - 1990

Career position - Associate Editor, Mathematics of operations research

1977 - 1983

Career position - Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics

1977 - 2008

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science

1978 - 1982

Career position - Member, Sectional Committee 1 for mathematics, Australian Academy of Science

1979 - 1980

Career position - President, Statistical Society of Australia

1979 - 1987

Career position - Member of Council, Bernoulli Society, International Statistical Institute

1980 - 1983

Career position - Member of Council, Australian Mathematical Society

1980 - 1987

Career position - Associate Editor, International statistical review

1981

Career position - Vice-President, Australian Mathematical Society

1981 - 1983

Career position - Acting Chief, CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics

1981 - 1992

Career position - Member, Australian Mathematics Competition Board

1981 - 2008

Award - Honorary Life Member, Statistical Society of Australia

1982 - 1985

Career position - Member of Council, International Mathematical Institute

1983 - 1986

Career position - Professor and Chairman, Department of Statistics, University of Melbourne

1983 - 1989

Career position - Editor, Stochastic processes and their applications

1984 - 2008

Career position - Trustee, Applied Probability Trust

1985 - 1986

Career position - President, Victorian Branch, Statistical Society of Australia

1985 - 1986

Career position - President, Statistical Society of Australia

1985 - 1986

Career position - Founding Director, Key Centre for Statistical Science joint between La Trobe, Monash, Melbourne and RMIT

1985 - 1987

Career position - Vice-President, International Statistical Institute

1985 - 1987

Career position - President, Bernoulli Society, International Statistical Institute

1986 - 1988

Career position - Head, Department of Statistics, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University

1986 - 1992

Career position - Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics, Australian National University

1986 - 1993

Career position - Member of Council, Australian Academy of Science

1987 - 1989

Career position - President, Canberra Branch, Statistical Society of Australia

1988

Award - Pitman Medal, Statistical Society of Australia

1988

Career position - Director, National Mathematical Sciences Congress

1988 - 1989

Career position - Vice-President, Australian Academy of Science

1989 - 1992

Career position - Foundation Dean, School of Mathematical Sciences, Australian National University

1989 - 1993

Career position - Treasurer, Australian Academy of Science

1990 - 1992

Career position - Chairman, Executive Committee, Australian Foundation for Science

1990 - 2007

Career position - Editor, Journal of applied probability

1991 - 1994

Career position - Member of Council International Mathematical Institute

1992 - 1999

Career position - Director, Australian Foundation for Science

1992 - 2005

Career position - Professor of Statistics, School of Mathematical Sciences, Australian National University

1993 - 1995

Career position - Vice-President, International Statistical Institute

1993 - 2007

Career position - Director, Centre for Applied Probability, Columbia University, New York , U.S.A.

1994

Award - Hannan Medal, Australian Academy of Science

1995

Award - Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal, Australian Academy of Science

1998

Award - DSc honoris causa, University of Sydney

2001

Award - Centenary Medal for service to Australian society and science in statistics

2003

Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to mathematics, particularly through research into statistics and probability, and to the advancement of learning in these disciplines

2003 - 2008

Award - Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences in Australia

2008

Career position - Professor Emeritus of Statistics, Columbia University, New York, U.S.A.

Related entries

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Christopher Charles Heyde - Records, MS 225; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

• Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details

Book Sections

• Heyde, C. C., 'Allan, Frances Elizabeth (1905-1952), Statistician' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 13 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), pp. 26-27. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130031b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Publications of Christopher Charles Heyde', Journal of applied probability, 41A (Special issue) (2004), xi-xviii. Details
• Gani, J. M.; and Seneta, E., 'Christopher Charles Heyde, AM, DSc, FAA, FAASA', Journal of Applied Probability, 41A (Special issue) (2004), vii-x. Details
• Gani, J.; and Seneta, E., 'Obituary: Christopher Charles Heyde AM, DSc, FAA, FASSA', Journal of Applied Probability, 45 (2008), 587-92. Details
• Glasserman, Paul and Kou, Steven, 'A Conversation with Chris Heyde', Statistical Science, 21 (2) (2006), 286-298. Details
• Heyde, C., 'A conversation with Joe Gani', Statistical Science, 10 (1995), 214-30. Details
• Heyde, C. C., 'Official statistics in the late colonial period leading on to the work of the first Commonwealth Statistician, G. H. Knibbs', Australian Journal of Statistics, 30 (B) (1988), 23-43. Details
• Heyde, C. C., 'Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran 14 July 1917 - 19 September 1988', Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 37 (1991), 366-79. Details
• Nash, L., 'Chris Heyde: an appreciation', Journal of applied probability, 45 (2008), 593-4. Details
• Seneta, E.; and Gani, J. M., 'Christopher Charles Heyde 1939- 2008', Historical Records of Australian Science, 20 (1) (2009), 67-90 , https://doi.org/10.1071/HR09004. Details
• Seneta, Eugene and Maller, Ross, 'In memoriam: Christopher Charles Heyde, 20 April 1939 - 6 March 2008', SSAI newsletter, 123 (2008), 11-2. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5106872. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/93186260. Details
• 'Heyde, C C (19390420-20080306)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1054051. Details

Reviews

• Roberts, H.S., (ed.) A History of Statistics in New Zealand (1999)
  Heyde, Chris, Historical Records of Australian Science, 13 (3), (2001), 366-367. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR0011330351. Details

See also

• Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, 2023. https://www.science.org.au/supporting-science/awards-and-opportunities/thomas-ranken-lyle-medal. Details
• Christopher Heyde Medal, Australian Academy of Science, 2022. https://www.science.org.au/christopher-heyde-medal. Details
• Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details