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Joseph Mark Gani 1924–2016 (2018)

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Joe Gani, as he was universally known, was born in Cairo, Egypt, on 15 December 1924 and died in Canberra on 12 April 2016. A visionary leader, mentor, and brilliant organizer, he created the Journal of Applied Probability, and was Chief of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Division of Mathematics and Statistics. A distinguished academic career included posts at the Universities of Sheffield, Kentucky, California at Santa Barbara, and the Australian National University. His numerous research contributions are dominated by stochastic modelling, especially epidemic theory.

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Authors & Contributors
Spurling, Thomas H.
Shafer, Glenn
Simpson, Gregory W.
Upstill, Garrett
Healy, Terence J.
Bergersen, F. J.
Journals
Historical Records of Australian Science
British Journal for the History of Philosophy
Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique
Journal of Medical Biography
Science and Education
Social Studies of Science
Publishers
Springer Nature
Polity Press
Springer
Halstead Press
Concepts
Probability and statistics
Stochastic or random processes
Biographies
Biology
Statistics
Epidemiology
People
Darwin, Charles Robert
Gosset, William Sealy
Mises, Richard von
Naess, Arne
Natanson, Wladyslaw
Pearcey, Trevor
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
Places
Australia
Institutions
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) (Australia)
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