Michael John Romer Healy (26 November 1923 – 17 July 2016) was a British statistician known for his contributions to statistical computing,

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, among other areas. He was professor of

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at the

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from 1977 until his retirement. The

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awarded him the

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in Silver in 1979 and Gold in 1999, and he also acted as chairman of its medical section. He was the author or co-author of three books and over 200 scientific papers. He died on 17 July 2016 at the age of 92.Obituary – Professor Michael Healy
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Books

* ''Assessment of Skeletal Maturity and Prediction of Adult Height (TW2Method)'' (with J. M. Tanner, R. H. Whitehouse, W. A. Marshall and H. Goldstein), Academic Press, London, 1975 (2nd edn, 1983, additionally with N. Cameron). * ''

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for Statistics'',

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, Oxford, 1986. * '' GLIM: an Introduction'',

, Oxford, 1988.

References

* 1923 births 2016 deaths British statisticians Auxologists Academics of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine People from Paignton Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge {{UK-academic-bio-stub