Person
Hall, Peter Gavin (1951 - 2016)
AO FAA FRS
- Born
- 20 November 1951
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 9 January 2016
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Statistician
Summary
Peter Hall was an outstanding researcher in the areas of probability and theoretical and applied statistics and one of the most highly-cited people in the field. He was Professor of Statistics at the Centre for Mathematics and its Applications at the Mathematical Sciences Institute, Australian National University in Canberra for 18 years before becoming Professor of Statistics at the University of Melbourne. Hall authored well over 300 journal articles, received many awards for his efforts, was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) and the Royal Society (FRS), and served on many editorial boards for top statistical journals.
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Chronology
- 1974
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
- 1976
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), Australian National University in Canberra
- 1976
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Oxford, UK
- 1976 - 1978
- Career position - Lecturer in Statistics, University of Melbourne
- 1978 - 1985
- Career position - Lecture then Senior Lecturer r in Statistics, Australian National University
- 1984
- Award - Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
- 1985 - 2011
- Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Econometric Theory
- 1986
- Award - Rollo Davidson Prize, University of Cambridge
- 1986
- Award - Australian Mathematical Society Medal received
- 1986
- Award - Edgeworth David Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1986 - 1988
- Career position - Reader in Statistics, Australian National University
- 1987 - 2016
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1988 - 1991
- Career position - Professor and Personal Chair in Statistics, Australian National University
- 1989
- Award - Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies Award
- 1989
- Award - Lyle Medal, Australian Academy of Science
- 1989 - 2016
- Award - Honorary Fellow, Royal Statistical Society
- 1990
- Award - Pitman Medal, Statistical Society of Australia
- 1991 - 2006
- Career position - Professor of Statistics at the Centre for Mathematics and its Applications at the Mathematical Sciences Institute, Australian National University
- 1994
- Award - Hannan Medal, Australian Academy of Science
- 1996
- Career position - Acting Head of the Centre for Mathematics and its Applications
- 1996 - 2016
- Award - Fellow, American Statistical Association
- 1997
- Career position - Aisenstadt Chair, Université de Montréal
- 1997
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, Université Catholique de Louvin in Belgium
- 1998 - 2008
- Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics
- 1999 - 2003
- Career position - President-elect then President of the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability
- 2000 - 2002
- Career position - Centennial Professorship at the London School of Economics
- 2000 - 2016
- Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal for service to Australian society and science in statistics
- 2002 - 2007
- Award - Australian Professorial Fellowship, Australian Research Council (ARC)
- 2002 - 2016
- Award - Corresponding Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh (CorrFRSE)
- 2003 - 2010
- Career position - Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee, Australian Mathematics Science Institute
- 2005
- Education - Honorary Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Glasgow, Scotland
- 2005 - 2013
- Career position - Distinguished Professor of Statistics, University of California, Davis, U.S.A.
- 2006 - 2008
- Career position - President, Australian Mathematical Society
- 2006 - 2011
- Award - Federation Fellowship, Australian Research Council
- 2006 - 2016
- Career position - Professor of Statistics, University of Melbourne
- 2007
- Award - Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science
- 2008 - 2011
- Career position - Co-Editor, Statistica Sinica
- 2008 - 2011
- Career position - Member of the Board, Australian Mathematics Trust
- 2008 - 2012
- Career position - Vice-President and Secretary, Physical Sciences, Australian Academy of Science
- 2009
- Award - Moyal Medal, Department of Mathematics, Macquarie University
- 2009
- Award - DSc honoris causa, University of Sydney
- 2010
- Award - George Szekeres Medal, Australian Mathematical Society
- 2010 - 2011
- Career position - President, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
- 2011
- Award - Guy Medal in Silver, Royal Statistical Society
- 2012
- Award - Distinguished Service Award, Australian Mathematics Science Institute
- 2012 - 2017
- Award - Laureate Fellowship, Australian Research Council
- 2013
- Career event - Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), United States of America
- 2013 - 2015
- Career position - Co-Editor, Annals of Statistics
- 26 January 2013
- Award - Appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to mathematical science in the field of statistics through international contributions to research, as an academic and mentor, and through leadership of advisory and professional organisations
- 2014
- Award - DSc honoris causa, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain
- 2014 - 2016
- Career position - Director, A. R. C. Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers
- 2015 - 2016
- Award - Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences in Australia
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- 'Obituaries', Australian Academy of Science Newsletter (2016). https://www.science.org.au/node/3423. Details
- Anon, 'Professor Peter Gavin Hall, Officer of the Order of Australia', Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society, 40 (1) (2013), 14-5. Details
- Beran, R. J.; and Fisher, N. I., 'Peter Gavin Hall, 1951 - 2016', Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, 179 (4) (2016), 1117-20. Details
- Chen, Song Xi, 'Peter Hall's contributions to the bootstrap', Annals of Statistics, 44 (5) (2016), 1821-36. Details
- Cheng, Ming-Yen; and Fan, Jianqing, 'Peter Hall's contributions to nonparametric function estimation and modelling', Annals of Statistics, 44 (5) (2016), 1837-53. Details
- Delaigle, Aurore, 'Peter Hall's main contributions to deconvolution', Annals of Statistics, 44 (5) (2016), 1854-66. Details
- Delaigle, Aurore; and Carroll, Raymond, 'Obituary: Peter Gavin Hall 1951 - 2016', IMS Bulletin, 45 (3) (2016), 4-5. Details
- Delaigle, Aurore; and Wand, Matt P., 'A conversation with Peter Hall', Statistical Science, 31 (2) (2016), 275-304. Details
- Hall, P. G., 'Obituary: Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran 1917 - 1988', Biometrics, 45 (2) (1989), 687-92. Details
- Hall, Peter, 'Interview with Tony Guttmann July 20, 2012, University of Melbourne', Asia Pacific mathematics newsletter, 2 (4) (2012), 28-34. Details
- Hall, Peter, 'Interview with Gus Lehrer January 9, 2012, University of Melbourne', Asia Pacific mathematics newsletter, 2 (2) (2012), 30-6. Details
- Müller, Hans-Georg, 'Peter Hall, functional data analysis and random objects', Annals of Statistics, 44 (5) (2016), 1867-87. Details
- Robinson, John; and Welsh, Alan H., 'Peter Gavin Hall 1951 - 2016', Historical Records of Australian Science, 28 (2) (2017), 171-82, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR17009. Details
- Robinson, John; and Welsh, Alan H., 'Peter Gavin Hall', Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 64 (2018), 207-29, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.2017.0035. Details
- Samworth, Richard J., 'Peter Hall's work on high-dimensional data and classification', Annals of Statistics, 44 (5) (2016), 1888-95. Details
- Wand, Matt, 'Peter Gavin Hall 20 November 1951 - 9 January 2016', Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society, 43 (1) (2016), 17-9. Details
Resources
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/108189128. Details
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7174192. Details
- Matthew Flindes Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science, 2022. https://www.science.org.au/supporting-science/awards-and-opportunities/matthew-flinders-medal-and-lecture. Details
- The Australian Mathematical Society Medal, 2024. https://austms.org.au/awards-grants/awards/the-australian-mathematical-society-medal/. Details
- 'Hall, Peter (19511120-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-638696. 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
Annette Alafaci and Helen Cohn
Created: 14 November 2005, Last modified: 15 June 2022