D. J. Bartholomew
D. J. Bartholomew | |
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| Born | 6 August 1931 |
| Died | 16 October 2017 |
| Occupation(s) | Statistician, writer |
David John Bartholomew
Career
Bartholomew was born 6 August 1931, the son of Albert and Joyce Bartholomew in Oakley, Bedfordshire.[2][3] He was educated at Bedford Modern School[4] and University College London, where he earned his BSc and PhD.[1]
Bartholomew began his career as a scientist at the
Bartholomew was appointed professor of statistics at the University of Kent in 1967[2] before being made professor of statistics at the London School of Economics in 1973, a position he held until 1996. He was emeritus professor (pro-director) between 1988 and 1991.[2]
Bartholomew was president of the Royal Statistical Society, 1993–95 (honorary secretary, 1976–82; treasurer, 1989–93).[2] He was vice-president of the Manpower Society (1987–95)[2] and was chairman of the Science and Religion Forum between 1997 and 2000.[2]
In 1955, Bartholomew married Marian Elsie Lake, and they have two daughters.[5] Bartholomew was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1987.[2]
Religious views
Bartholomew authored several books defending the existence of the
In his 1984 book God of Chance, Bartholomew argued that the universe is "designed in such a way that chance had a role to play... Chance was God's idea and... he uses it to ensure the variety, resilience and freedom necessary to achieve his purposes."[9] Similarly, his 2008 book God, Chance and Purpose argues that chance is part of the means by which God governs the world.[10]
Bartholomew debated atheist physicist
Books
- 1961: & S.E. Finer and H.B. Berrington Backbench Opinion in the House of Commons, 1955–1959. Oxford: Pergamon Press.
- 1967: Stochastic Models for Social Processes, New York and London: John Wiley and Sons. (German translation 1970).
- 1971: & E.E. Bassett, Let's Look at the Figures: the quantitative approach to human affairs), Harmondsworth Middlesex: Penguin books (Dutch translation, 1971).
- 1971: & B.R.Morris (eds.), Aspects of Manpower Planning, London: English Universities Press.
- 1971: & A.R.Smith (eds.) Manpower and Management Science, London: English Universities Press.
- 1972: & R.E. Barlow, H.D. Brunk and J.M. Bremner, Statistical Inference under Order Restrictions, Chichester: John Wiley and Sons.
- 1973: Stochastic Models for Social Processes, (revised and enlarged) Chichester 2nd edition: John Wiley and Sons.
- 1976: (ed.) Manpower Planning, Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books.
- 1979: & A.F.Forbes, Statistical Techniques for Manpower Planning, Chichester: John Wiley and Sons.
- 1981: Mathematical Methods in Social Science, Chichester: John Wiley and Sons.
- 1982: Stochastic Models for Social Processes, Chichester 3rd edition: John Wiley and Sons.
- 1985: Russian translation of Chapters 1–8 of Stochastic Models for Social Processes, 3rd edition, Moscow.
- 1984: God of Chance, London: SCM Press, Italian translation, 1987.
- 1987: Latent Variable Models and Factor Analysis, London: Griffin.
- 1991: & A. F. Forbes and S.I. McClean, Statistical Techniques for Manpower Planning, Chichester 2nd edition: John Wiley and Sons (Hebrew translation 2001, The Open University of Israel).
- 1993: & K.Haagen & M.Deistler (eds.), Statistical Modelling and Latent Variables, Amsterdam: North-Holland.
- 1996: Uncertain Belief, Oxford: The Clarendon Press.
- 1996: The Statistical Approach to Social Measurement, San Diego: Academic Press.
- 1999: & M. Knott, Latent Variable Models and Factor Analysis, London Arnold, 2nd edition:
- 2002: & F. Steele, I Moustaki & J. I. Galbraith, The Analysis and Interpretation of Multivariate Data for Social Scientists, Boca Raton, Florida: Chapman & Hall/CRC.
- 2004: Measuring Intelligence: Facts and Fallacies, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- 2006: (Ed) Measurement. Benchmarks in Social Research Methods, (4 Vols.) Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage Publications.
- 2008: & F Steele, I Moustaki, J Galbraith, Analysis of Multivariate Social Science Data, (second edition) Boca Raton, Florida: Chapman & Hall/CRC
- 2008: God, Chance and Purpose: Can God have it both ways? Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- 2011: & M Knott, I Moustaki, Latent Variable Models and factor Analysis: A unified approach. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- 2013: Unobserved Variables: Models and Misunderstandings. Heidelberg: Springer
References
- ^ a b c Who Was Who, Published by A&C Black Limited, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4.
- ^ Royal Statistical Society, Obituary, David John Bartholomew, 1931-2007, J. R. Statist. Soc. A (2018), 181, Part 3, pp. 907–914
- ^ Bedford Modern School of the Black And Red, Andrew Underwood 1981; updated 2010
- ^ BARTHOLOMEW, Prof. David John’, Who's Who 2009, A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2008 accessed 18 August 2009
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