Bernard Benjamin
Bernard Benjamin | |
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| Born | 8 March 1910 City University |
Bernard Benjamin (8 March 1910 – 15 May 2002) was a noted
demographer
. He was author or co-author of at least six books and over 100 papers in learned journals.
He was born in
City University
, the first chair in actuarial science at an English university, where he designed the first undergraduate degree program in the subject in the country.
He was secretary-general of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population from 1962 to 1963. He was president of the Institute of Actuaries from 1966 to 1968 and of the Royal Statistical Society from 1970 to 1972,[1] and was awarded the highest honours of both bodies – the Gold Medal (1975) and the Guy Medal in Gold (1986), respectively.
References
- Bayley, G. V.; Benjamin, Bernard (1976). "Presentation of an Institute Gold Medal to Professor Bernard Benjamin" (PDF). Journal of the Institute of Actuaries. 103: 1–3. doi:10.1017/S0020268100017741. Archived from the original(PDF) on 28 May 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2008.
- ISBN 047084907X.
External links
- ^ "Royal Statistical Society Presidents". Royal Statistical Society. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
