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.

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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

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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

Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn

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