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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2026-02-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000903b.htm person Williams Evan James AACR2 13 April 1917 28 January 2010 Place of Birth Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Statistician Evan Williams was Professor of Statistics, University of Melbourne, 1964-1982. 1954 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 1983 Award - Pitman Medal, Statistical Society of Australia 1993 1993 Career position - Member, Scientific Advisory Panel, Environment Protection Authority, Victoria Pitman Medal, Statistical Society of Australia (1978 - )

Awarded the Medal 1993

 Statistical Society of Australia (1962 - )

President 1973 - 1975; Honorary Life Member 1981 - 2010

 The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

Professor of Statistics 1964 - 1982

 Williams, E J (1917-)

Trove

 'Williams, Evan James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Williams, Evan James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne 2023 Journal Article: Encounters with statistical inference: an interview with Evan Williams Laslett, G. M.; Lloyd, C. J.; and Robinson, G.K. Encounters with statistical inference: an interview with Evan Williams 1994 Australian Journal of Statistics 36 2 133-52 Journal Article: Edwin James George Pitman 1897-1993 Williams, E. J. Edwin James George Pitman 1897-1993 1994 Historical Records of Australian Science 10 2 163-185