David Heron (statistician)
David Heron (28 April 1881 - 4 November 1969) was a Scottish statistician[1] who was president of the Royal Statistical Society from 1947–1949.
He was born in Perth and studied Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at the University of St Andrews.[1]
He was Karl Pearson's research assistant.[2] Later he became a fellow at the Eugenics Laboratory of University College London.[3]
In 1906 he published "On the relation of fertility in man to social status".
In 1915 he became chief statistician for the London Guarantee & Accident Company, an insurance company. During the Second World War, he was Director of Statistics for the Ministry of Food.[1]
He was married to Ethel Medwin from 1916 until her death in 1959.[1]
References
- ^ JSTOR 2343714.
- ISBN 9780521026185.
- ISBN 9781469611198.