Person
Williams, Evan James (1917 - 2010)
- Born
- 13 April 1917
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - Died
- 28 January 2010
- Occupation
- Statistician
Summary
Evan Williams was Professor of Statistics, University of Melbourne, 1964-1982.
Details
Chronology
- 1954
- Award - Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, University of Melbourne
- 1956 - 1958
- Career position - Professor of Statistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, , U.S.A.
- 1960 - 1963
- Career position - Senior Principal Research Officer, CSIRO Division of Mathematical Statistics
- 1964 - 1982
- Career position - Professor of Statistics, University of Melbourne
- 1973 - 1975
- Career position - President, Statistical Society of Australia
- 1976 -
- Award - Honorary Research Fellow, CSIRO
- 1978 - 1983
- Career position - Editor, Australian journal of statistics
- 1978 - 1988
- Career position - Chairman, Caval Limited
- 1981 - 2010
- Award - Honorary Life Member, Statistical Society of Australia
- 1983 -
- Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of Melbourne
- 1983
- Award - Pitman Medal, Statistical Society of Australia
- 1993
- Career position - Member, Scientific Advisory Panel, Environment Protection Authority, Victoria
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Laslett, G. M.; Lloyd, C. J.; and Robinson, G.K., 'Encounters with statistical inference: an interview with Evan Williams', Australian Journal of Statistics, 36 (2) (1994), 133-52. Details
- Williams, E. J., 'Edwin James George Pitman 1897-1993', Historical Records of Australian Science, 10 (2) (1994), 163-185. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9941020163. Details
Resources
- 'Williams, E J (1917-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-462438. Details
- 'Awarded honorary DSc, 1954', Honorary degree holders, University of Melbourne, 2023, https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/honorary-degree-holders. Details
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Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 6 October 2023
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