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John Darwin (other)
John Darwin may refer to: * John Darwin (statistician) (1923–2008), Government Statistician of New Zealand * John Darwin (historian) (born 1948), British historian * John Darwin disappearance case, British criminal who in 2002 faked his own death in a canoeing accident {{hndis, Darwin, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Darwin (statistician)
John Haddrick Darwin (17 December 1923 – 29 October 2008) was a New Zealand statistician, he rose to Government Statistician of New Zealand from 1980 to 1984 and a member of the 1985–1986 Royal Commission on the Electoral System which recommended mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation. He was awarded Honorary Life Membership of the New Zealand Statistical Association in 2005. Early life He was born in Christchurch, and died in Wellington. He attended Christ's College, Christchurch, where he was dux, and graduated from the University of Canterbury with a Masters of Science degree with first class honours. He worked for the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research from 1944 to 1947, when he left to study overseas at the Cambridge University and the University of Manchester; he had double doctorates in English and Mathematics. He rejoined the DSIR on his return to New Zealand, working in the Applied Mathematics Division. He took charge of its mathematical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Darwin (historian)
Gareth John Darwin (born 29 June 1948) is a British historian and academic, who specialises in the history of the British Empire. From 1984 to 2019, he was the Beit Lecturer in Commonwealth History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford.Anon (2017) He was a lecturer in history at the University of Reading between 1972 and 1984. Early life and education Darwin was born on 29 June 1948 in Exeter, Devon, England. He was educated at Brockenhurst Grammar School, a mixed-sex state grammar school in Brockenhurst, Hampshire. He studied history at St John's College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree; as per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree. He later undertook postgraduate research at Nuffield College, Oxford, and completed his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1978 on the coalition government of David Lloyd George and Britain's imperial policy in Egypt and the Middle East between 1918 and 1922. Caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |