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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-02-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000472b.htm person Hannan Edward James FAA FASSA AACR2 29 January 1921 7 January 1994 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Statistician Ted Hannan was Professor of Statistics in the Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University from 1971-1986. Prior to this he was a Fellow in Statistics 1954-1958 and Professor of Statistics in the School of General Studies 1959-1971 at the same university. He is commemorated by the Hannan Medal, awarded by the Australian Academy of Science. 1936 1941 Career position - Clerk with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1941 1946 Military service - Second World War. Service with the Royal Australian Army Corps of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force 1949 1949 Education - Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), University of Melbourne 1949 1953 Career position - Statistician, Commonwealth Reserve Bank c. 1953 1956 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Australian National University in Canberra 1954 1958 Career position - Fellow in Statistics, Australian National University 1959 1970 Career position - Professor of Statistics and Head of the Department of Statistics, School of General Studies, Australian National University 1970 1994 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1971 1986 Career position - Professor of Statistics, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University 1979 1979 Career position - Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal, Australian Academy of Science 1980 1994 Award - Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA) 1981 1983 Career position - President, Statistical Society of Australia 1982 1985 Career position - Head of the Department of Statistics, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University 1986 1986 Award - Pitman Medal, Statistical Society of Australia Pitman Medal, Statistical Society of Australia (1978 - )

Awarded the Medal 1986

 Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal, Australian National Research Council and Australian Academy of Science (1935 - )

Awarded the Medal 1979

 Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1911 - )

Edward Hannan worked as a clerk for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia from 1936 until 1941. He later worked as a statistician for the Commonwealth Reserve Bank.

 Australian National University (1946 - )

Professor of Statistics and Head, Department of Statistics, School of General Studies 1959 - 1970; Professor of Statistics, Institute of Advanced Studies 1971 - 1986; Head, Department of Statistics, Institute of Advanced Studies 1982 - 1985

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1970 - 1994

 Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (1971 - )

Fellow 1980 - 1994

 Statistical Society of Australia (1962 - )

President 1981 - 1983

 Hannan Medal, Australian Academy of Science (1994 - )

The Australian Academy of Science has awarded the Medal since 1994

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 Hannan, E J (19210129-19940107)

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 'Hannan, Edward James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hannan, Edward James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Academy Fellows Academy of Social Sciences in Australia Academy Fellows 2025 Resource Section: Hannan, Edward James - Ms 96 Hannan, Edward James - Ms 96 Australian Academy of Science 1994 Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings Journal Article: Edward James Hannan, 1921-1994 Gani, J. M. Edward James Hannan, 1921-1994 1994 Historical Records of Australian Science 10 2 173-185 Journal Article: Obituary: Edmond Alfred Cornish (1909-1973) [includes list of publications] Hannan, E. J. Obituary: Edmond Alfred Cornish (1909-1973) [includes list of publications] 1973 Australian Journal of Statistics 15 3 218-220 Resource: Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal Australian Academy of Science Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal Canberra Australian Academy of Science 2023 Resource: Hannan Medal and Lecture Australian Academy of Science Hannan Medal and Lecture Australian Academy of Science 2022 Book Section: Hannan, Edward James (Ted) (1921 - 1994), statistician and econometrician Cornish, Selwyn Hannan, Edward James (Ted) (1921 - 1994), statistician and econometrician Canberra Australian National University Press 2021 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 19: 1991 - 1995 A-Z Melanie Nolan 351-2 Journal Article: Obituary: Edward James Hannan Gani, J. Obituary: Edward James Hannan 1994 Australian Journal of Statistics 36 1 1-8 Journal Article: Obituary: Edward James Hannan Gani, J. Obituary: Edward James Hannan 1994 Journal of Applied Probability 31 857-66 Journal Article: Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran 1917-1988 Heyde, C. C. Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran 1917-1988 1992 Historical Records of Australian Science 9 1 17-30 Edward James Hannan - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Edward James Hannan - Records MS 096 1948 - 1994 Lecture notes by Hannan of a course given by M. Belz, University of Melbourne on the 'Theory of Statistics' 1948; working files, arranged alphabetically, 1945-1994; typescript and manuscript copies of publications by Hannan; obituaries. 1.06 m, 8 boxes Edward James Hannan Edward James Hannan All rights reserved.

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