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Moran, Patrick Alfred Pierce (1917 - 1988)

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Born
14 July 1917
Kings Cross, New South Wales, Australia
Died
23 September 1988
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Occupation
Statistician

Summary

Patrick Moran was Professor of Statistics at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University 1952-1983. He was the son of Herbert Moran. The Moran Medal and the Moran Award for History of Science Research, both awarded by the Australian Academy of Science, are named in his honour.

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Chronology

1937
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
1939
Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Cambridge
1940 - 1943
Career position - Experimental officer, Ministry of Supply, UK
1943 - 1945
Career position - Australian Scientific Liaison Office, London, UK
1945 - 1946
Education - Baylis Research Studentship, St John's College, University of Cambridge
1946 - 1951
Career position - Senior Research Officer in the Institute of Statistics, University of Oxford, UK
1952 - 1982
Career position - Foundation Professor of Statistics, Australian National University
1962 - 1988
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1963
Award - Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal (jointly), Australian Academy of Science
1963 - 1964
Career position - First president of the Statistical Society of Australia
1970 - 1988
Award - Honorary life fellow of the Royal Statistical Society
1975 - 1988
Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)
1976 - 1978
Career position - President, Australian Mathematical Society
1978 - 1988
Award - Honorary life member of the Statistical Society of Australia
1979 - 1980
Career position - Editor, Records of the Australian Academy of Science
1980 - 1983
Career position - Editor, Historical Records of Australian science
1982
Award - Awarded the Pitman Medal, Statistical Society of Australia
1983 - 1988
Career position - Honorary Visiting Fellow at National Health and Medical Research Council Social Psychiatry Research Unit, Australian National University Honorary Visiting Fellow at National Health and Medical Research Council Social Psychiatry Research Unit, Australian National University

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

  • Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran - Records, 1936 - 1988, MS 018; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Journal Articles

  • Gani, Joe, 'Moran's Department of Statistics at the ANU, 1952 - 1982', Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society, 33 (3) (2006), 167-71. Details
  • Hall, P. G., 'Obituary: Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran 1917 - 1988', Biometrics, 45 (2) (1989), 687-92. 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, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.1991.0018. Details
  • Heyde, C. C., 'Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran 1917-1988', Historical Records of Australian Science, 9 (1) (1992), 17-30. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9920910017. Details
  • Moran, P. A. P., 'Edmund Alfred Cornish', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, 2 (4) (1974), 41-47. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9740240041.htm. Details
  • Wilson, S. R., 'Patrick A.P. Moran, 1917-1988: in Memorium', Genetic Epidemiology, 6 (1989), 397-398. Details

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