RSS History Section

You can join our AGM today, 11:50-12:00. Information and booking: #fulleventinfo" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">rss.org.uk/training-event…

Very proud to mark the immense contributions to the field of these great minds despite the many hurdles they faced #BlackHistoryMonth2024 #BlackHistoryMonthUK #BlackHistoryMonth Thanks @HistoryofStats @HOS_ASA for their help!

@StA_Maths_Stats Young Professor of the Day -Augustus De Morgan was appointed the first Professor of Mathematics at @ucl in 1828, aged 21. He wrote (though never published nor completed it) a volume on "The Elements of Statistics" in 1827 - see archives.ucl.ac.uk/CalmView/Recor… @HistoryofStats @HOS_ASA

@sktywagner @StA_Maths_Stats @HistoryofStats @Jo_Lam_ Exactly! Among many important papers that Box wrote/co-authored my favourite is An analysis of transformations, with David Cox in JRSS-B, 1964. A very profound paper leading to eg the LMS method for growth standards... rss.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.…

We thoroughly enjoyed #IDWSDS2024, many thanks @cwstat for the great organisation!✨ Read about our joint session with @HistoryofStats & other @RoyalStatSoc contributions: rss.org.uk/news-publicati…

@RSSDiversity @cwstat @HOS_ASA @Altea_Lorenzo @ebmilanzi Great session co-organised with @RSSDiversity! Thanks @cwstat, speakers & audience #IDWSDS2024

@cwstat @HOS_ASA @HistoryofStats We had a great time, thanks so much @cwstat for organising a fantastic event and many thanks to our presenters Penny Reynolds @HOS_ASA & @Altea_Lorenzo, as well as our supportive audience (more photos below, with thanks to colleague @ebmilanzi!) x.com/ebmilanzi/stat…

Penny Reynolds @HOS_ASA starts #S51 🌟The Stories Behind the History of Women in Statistics 🌟 #IDWSDS2024 #WomenInStats #HistoryOfStats This session is jointly organised by @RSSDiversity & @HistoryofStats

100 years ago today Maurice Quenouille 🇬🇧b 1924 (d 12 Dec 1973) Fellow @RoyalStatSoc 1945, IMS 1952, ISI 1964. Best known for jackknife resampling 1956 (John Tukey gave it the cool name in 1958). 1/5

John Nelder FRS was born 100 years ago today. President of the @RoyalStatSoc 1985-6. A conversation with @stephensenn is here tinyurl.com/2zfdjce9 his important paper with RWM Wedderburn: tinyurl.com/3xkedja6 My copy of McCullagh & Nelder's GLM text:

We're hosting a session with @RSSDiversity tomorrow @cwstat #IDWSDS2024! 🎙Penny Reynolds @HOS_ASA @UF & @Altea_Lorenzo @BioSScotland 🌟The Stories Behind the History of Women in Statistics🌟 📅 October 8th ⏰19:30 - 20:00 UTC (20:30-21:00 UK time). idwsds.org/registration/

Ready for #glasgowAIethics on #AdaLovelaceDay and fittingly, our paper on lessons from the history of statistics for a more inclusive, open AI is just published @signmagazine doi.org/10.1093/jrssig…

#OTD 1912 Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw b (d 10 Aug 2014) 🇬🇧DBE 1971, 1st F President Manchester Statistical Society 1981-3 (& member for 70 years, 1944-2014); IMA President 1978-1979. Best known as a mathematician, she used statistics to influence government policy 1/4

Wishing a happy International Day of Older Persons to all our older readers and contributors. Look out for our special issue on old age in January 2025, in which we'll focus on statistical work in this area and statisticians aged 80+. #IDOP2024

Great session co-organised with @HistoryofStats @RoyalStatSoc #RSS2024Conf #WomenInStats

You still have time to register for our online talk "The Flawed Genius of William Playfair" by David Bellhouse (Western University, Canada) 📅Monday 08 July 2024 ⏰3.00PM - 4.00PM Further info and booking: #fulleventinfo" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">rss.org.uk/training-event…

@cortina_borja @StA_Maths_Stats @mathshistory @snezanalawrence @UniofGreenwich Thanks for sharing Mario!

@StA_Maths_Stats @mathshistory @snezanalawrence @UniofGreenwich @HistoryofStats

3/Refs Cane VR. J Royal Stat Soc B 1959, 21(1), 36–49 Cane VR & Armitage P Nature 1957, 1404–1405 Gandy R, Lorenzo-Arribas A, Startup R. Significance 2022 doi.org/10.1111/1740-9… Lorenzo-Arribas A. J Royal Stat Soc A, 2022, 185 (4), 2278–2281. doi.org/10.1111/rssa.1…

2/ 1st F Professor of Mathematical Statistics U Manchester 1961. During WWII she was a Bletchley Park codebreaker. In 1952 she discussed with Alan Turing the “possibility of constructing, at least theoretically, a machine whose operation resembles that of a human brain”

#OTD 2008 Violet R Cane d (b 31 Jan 1916) 🇬🇧 Elected fellow RSS @RoyalStatSoc 1947; ISI @IntStat 1969. Best known for work on sensory perception, Markov chains applied to behavioural sequence data, diffusion & stochastic models. Lecturer in the Cambridge Statistical Laboratory /4