The Professorship of Mathematical Statistics at the

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was established in 1961 with the support of the

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and the aid of donations from various companies and banks. It was the first professorship in the Statistical Laboratory, and the first in

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explicitly intended for the study of statistics. Until 1973 the professor was ''

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'' Director of the Statistical Laboratory.

List of professors of mathematical statistics

* 1962–1985 David Kendall * 1985–1992 David Williams * 1992–

Geoffrey Grimmett Geoffrey Richard Grimmett (born 20 December 1950) is an English mathematician known for his work on the mathematics of random systems arising in probability theory and statistical mechanics, especially percolation theory and the contact process. ...

References

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