Edmund Alfred Cornish DSc, FAA (7 January 1909 – 31 January 1973) was one of
Australia's eminent
mathematician
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Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change.
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s and
statistician
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s. He was appointed an (inaugural)
Foundation Fellow of the
Australian Academy of Science (in 1954).
[Cornish, E. A. (Edmund Alfred) (1909–1973)]
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www.science.org.au He worked as the Officer-in-charge in Mathematical Statistics section of
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in
Adelaide
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from 1941. In 1954 he became the Chief of this division and served till his death in 1973.
[Cornish, Edmund Alfred (1909–1973)]
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References
External links
Cornish, Edmund Alfred (1909–1973) – Lectures on Mathematical Statistics, 1945–1946in Adelaide University Library
1909 births
1973 deaths
Australian mathematicians
Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science
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