Edmund Cecil Rhodes (1892–1964), a

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, was born in Yorkshire and named after

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. He went to

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and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated as Wrangler (B-star) in 1914. In 1924 he became reader at the London School of Economics, where he remained until he retired in 1958. He wrote for ''

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'' and the '' Journal of the Royal Statistical Society'', and

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called him a "pathbreaker" (see obituary by Grebenik). Rhodes originated the Rhodes algorithm in

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. He worked with Arthur Bowley, and also with Sir

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on his study of

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, and he contributed to population studies and the statistical study of examinations (see his book with Sir Philip John Hartog entitled ''

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Papers

* ''Reducing Observations by the Method of Minimum Deviations'', Phil. Magazine 7th Series. Pp. 974 – 992, 1930 * ''Young Offenders, an Enquiry Into Juvenile Delinquency'', A.M. Carr-Saunders e

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, 1942 * ''An examination of examinations : being a summary of investigations on the comparison of marks allotted to examinations scripts by independent examiners and boards of examiners, together with a section on a viva voce examination'', with Sir Philip John Hartog, 1936

References

* Grebenik, E. (1965) Edmund Cecil Rhodes, 1892–1964 (obituary). Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A 128(4):615–616. 1892 births 1964 deaths Academics of the London School of Economics English statisticians People educated at Bradford Grammar School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge {{UK-statistician-stub