Article ID: CBB001021434

Mathematics in the London/Royal Statistical Society (2010)

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Aldrich, John (Author)


Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique
Volume: 6, no. 1
Issue: 1


Publication Date: 2010
Edition Details: http://www.jehps.net/juin2010/Aldrich.pdf (Accessed on December 1, 2010)
Language: English

Thispaperconsiderstheplaceofmathematicalmethodsbasedonprobabil-ityintheworkoftheLondon(laterRoyal)StatisticalSocietyinthefirstcenturyofitsexistence,1834-1934.Regularmathematicalcontributionsbe-ganappearingin1883andinthenexthalf-centurythreemovementscanbedistinguished,associatedwithmajorfiguresinthehistoryofmathe-maticalstatistics--F.Y.Edgeworth,KarlPearsonandR.A.Fisher.Thefirsttwomovementswerebasedontheconvictionthattheuseofmath-ematicalmethodscouldtransformthewaytheSocietydiditstraditionalworkineconomic/socialstatisticswhilethethirdmovementwasassociatedwithanenlargementinthescopeofstatistics.TheSocietyrecognisedthatenlargedscopein1933whenitformedanIndustrialandAgriculturalRe-searchSection:topromotetheseparticularapplicationswastoencouragemathematicalmethods.

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Authors & Contributors
Porter, Theodore M.
Pence, Charles H.
Aldrich, John
Sukumar P. Desai
Shreena A. Vyas
Wynn, James
Concepts
Probability and statistics
Mathematics
Mendelism
Statistics
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
Evolution
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
Places
Great Britain
England
United States
France
India
Institutions
Statistical Society of London
Société de Statistique de Paris
Royal Statistical Society
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