Who are they?

And how are they connected?

J Hanley, McGill University

SanderGreenland

JohnSnow

For her contribution to Army statistics and comparative hospital statistics in 1860, she became the first woman to be elected a fellow of the Statistical Society.

Florence Nightingale

English[ cette homme ] + “er” = This man

French statistician,1781-1840

English statistician,1890-1962

Siméon Denis POISSON Ronald A. FISHER

1958 paper is 1 of top 5 most

referenced papers in sciences • 1693: First Life Table• 1705 predicted that

comet seen in 1531, 1607, & 1682 would return in 1758.

In late 40s & early 50s advocated scientific studies of clinical & public health interventions. Polio vaccine trial one of largest RCTs ever conducted

Edmund HALLEY

PaulMEIER

• HILL, Sir Austin Bradford 1897-

• http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/maths/histstat/people/

Medical Statistician,1897-1991

Epidemiologist1912-

“Statistical Aspects of the Analysis of Data from Retrospective Studies of Disease” JNCI, 1959; 22: 719 - 748

Nathan Mantel & William Haenszel 

Ivy League Duellists

TROHOC, NIETSNIEF and all that…

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Peter Armitage

JOHN LAST

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BiostatisticianTobacco warriorTextbook author

Stanley Glantz