Thomas Henry Craig Stevenson

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(1870 – 12 September 1932) was a Northern Irish statistician. He was born in Strabane,

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, and educated at

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, before receiving his MB at the

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. He set up in practice and read for an MD in State Medicine and was later offered a post in the Brighton Public Health Department. After posts in public health elsewhere, he became the School Medical Officer of Somerset County Council. In 1909, he was appointed Superintendent of Statistics in the General Register Office. He was awarded the

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in Gold by the

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in 1920 and the

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of the

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. He was appointed a

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stevenson, Thomas Henry Craig 1870 births 1932 deaths People from Strabane Alumni of University College London Alumni of the University of London Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Irish statisticians Presidents of the Royal Statistical Society Civil servants in the General Register Office