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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/P000655b.htm person Moran Patrick Alfred Pierce FAA FRS AACR2 14 July 1917 23 September 1988 Place of Birth Kings Cross, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Statistician Patrick Moran was Professor of Statistics at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University 1952-1983. He was the son of Herbert Moran. The Moran Medal and the Moran Award for History of Science Research, both awarded by the Australian Academy of Science, are named in his honour. 1937 1937 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney 1939 1939 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Cambridge 1940 1943 Career position - Experimental officer, Ministry of Supply, UK 1943 1945 Career position - Australian Scientific Liaison Office, London, UK 1945 1946 Education - Baylis Research Studentship, St John's College, University of Cambridge 1946 1951 Career position - Senior Research Officer in the Institute of Statistics, University of Oxford, UK 1952 1982 Career position - Foundation Professor of Statistics, Australian National University 1962 1988 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1963 1963 Award - Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal (jointly), Australian Academy of Science 1963 1964 Career position - First president of the Statistical Society of Australia 1970 1988 Award - Honorary life fellow of the Royal Statistical Society 1975 1988 Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS) 1976 1978 Career position - President, Australian Mathematical Society 1978 1988 Award - Honorary life member of the Statistical Society of Australia 1979 1980 Career position - Editor, Records of the Australian Academy of Science 1980 1983 Career position - Editor, Historical Records of Australian science 1982 1982 Award - Awarded the Pitman Medal, Statistical Society of Australia 1983 1988 Career position - Honorary Visiting Fellow at National Health and Medical Research Council Social Psychiatry Research Unit, Australian National University Honorary Visiting Fellow at National Health and Medical Research Council Social Psychiatry Research Unit, Australian National University Moran, Herbert Michael (1885 - 1945) Pitman Medal, Statistical Society of Australia (1978 - )

Awarded the Medal 1982

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

Awarded the Medal (jointly) 1963

 Records of the Australian Academy of Science (1966 - 1980)

Editor 1979 - 1980

 Historical Records of Australian Science (1980 - )

Editor 1980 - 1983

 Australian National University (1946 - )

Foundation Professor of Statistics 1952 - 1982; Honorary Visiting Fellow National Health and Medical Research Council Social Psychiatry Research Unit 1983 - 1988

 Scientific Liaison Bureau, Commonwealth of Australia (1942 - 1945)

Moran worked at the Bureau 1943 - 1945

 Australian Mathematical Society (1956 - )

President 1976 - 1978

 Statistical Society of Australia (1962 - )

President 1963 - 1964; Honorary Life Member 1978 - 1988

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1962 - 1988

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 Moran, P A P (19170714-19880919)

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 'Moran, Patrick Alfred Pierce', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Moran, Patrick Alfred Pierce Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Patrick A.P. Moran, 1917-1988: in Memorium Wilson, S. R. Patrick A.P. Moran, 1917-1988: in Memorium 1989 Genetic Epidemiology 6 397-398 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 Resource Section: Moran, Patrick Alfred Pierce - Ms 18 Moran, Patrick Alfred Pierce - Ms 18 Australian Academy of Science 1994 Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings Journal Article: Edmund Alfred Cornish Moran, P. A. P. Edmund Alfred Cornish 1974 Records of the Australian Academy of Science 2 4 41-47 Resource: Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal Australian Academy of Science Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal Canberra Australian Academy of Science 2023 Journal Article: Obituary: Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran 1917 - 1988 Hall, P. G. Obituary: Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran 1917 - 1988 1989 Biometrics 45 2 687-92 Journal Article: Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran 14 July 1917 - 19 September 1988 Heyde, C. C. Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran 14 July 1917 - 19 September 1988 1991 Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 37 366-79 Journal Article: Moran's Department of Statistics at the ANU, 1952 - 1982 Gani, Joe Moran's Department of Statistics at the ANU, 1952 - 1982 2006 Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society 33 3 167-71 Journal Article: Studies in engineering hydrology (Symposium) [eleven papers] Munro, C. H.; Lovett, N. B.; Learmonth, J. R.; Laurenson, E. M.; Learmonth, J. R.; Fekete, P.H.; Eaton, T. D.; Jamieson, L. N.; Philip, J. R.; Alexander, G. N.; Moran, P. A. P. Studies in engineering hydrology (Symposium) [eleven papers] 1954 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 26 10-11 217-259 Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran - Records MS 018 1936 - 1988 Lecture notes from the Universities of Sydney, Oxford and Cambridge 1936-49 including lectures by R.J. Lyons, T.G. Room, A.S. Besicovitch, J.C. Burkill, P. Hall, F.P. White, J.A. Todd, M.H.A. Newman, A.E. Ingham and H. Heilbron on pure mathematics, H.H. Thorne, E. Wellish, W. Dean, D. Callus, S. Goldstein, E. Cunningham and H.M. Taylor on applied mathematics, M.H.A. Newman and A.J. Ward on topology, F. Smithies on integral equations, W. Rogosinski on Fourier series, and M.S. Bartlett on statistics; manuscript copies of two of Moran's monographs which were published in 1962; correspondence, c.1951-1988; research notebooks, 1936-1987; working papers; publications and unpublished papers by Moran; papers by others; material relating to the Australian National University; material relating to the Australian Academy of Science; history of science and psychiatry material. 3.95 m, 30 boxes Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran All rights reserved.

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