D.J. Bartholomew

D.J. Bartholomew
D.J. Bartholomew

David John Bartholomew FBA (born 6 August 1931) is a British statistician who was President of the Royal Statistical Society 2002–2003.

In 1955 he married Marian Elsie Lake, and they have two daughters.[1]

Career

He was educated at University College London where he earned his BSc and PhD.[1]

  • Scientist, National Coal Board, 1955–57;
  • Lecturer in Statistics, University of Keele, 1957–60
  • Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1960–67
  • Professor of Statistic, University of Kent, 1967–73.
  • Professor of Statistics London School of Economics, 1973–96, then Emeritus (Pro-Director, 1988–91)
  • President, Royal Statistical Society, 1993–95 (Hon. Sec., 1976–82; Treas., 1989–93)
  • Vice-President, Manpower Society, 1987–95
  • Chairman, Science and Religion Forum, 1997–2000

He is a member of the Board of Governors of Inform, a Charity that provides factual information about religious movements[2]

Publications

  • with S.E. Finer and H.B. Berrington Backbench Opinion in the House of Commons, 1955-1959. Oxford: Pergamon Press;[3]
  • Stochastic Models for Social Processes, 1967, 3rd edn 1982;
  • with E.E. Bassett, Let's Look at the Figures: the quantitative approach to human affairs, Harmondsworth Middlesex: Penguin books (Dutch translation, 1971).[3]
  • (jtly) Statistical Inference Under Order Restrictions
  • 1972; (jtly) Statistical Techniques for Manpower Planning, 1979, 2nd edn 1991
  • Mathematical Methods in Social Science, 1981
  • God of Chance, 1984;
  • Latent Variable Models and Factor Analysis, 1987, 2nd edn (jtly) 1999;
  • Uncertain Belief, 1996;
  • The Statistical Approach to Social Measurement, 1996;
  • (jtly) The Analysis and Interpretation of Multivariate Data for Social Scientists, 2002, 2nd edn 2008;
  • Measuring Intelligence: facts and fallacies, 2004
  • Measurement (4 vols), 2006
  • God, Chance and Purpose, Cambridge University Press 2008 ISBN 978-0521707084[4]

Papers in statistical, theological and social science journals

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b BARTHOLOMEW, Prof. David John’, Who's Who 2009, A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2008 accessed 18 Aug 2009
  2. ^ Inform Website
  3. ^ a b Subject's website
  4. ^ Amazon info
Academic offices
Preceded by
T.M.F. Smith
President of the Royal Statistical Society
1993–1995
Succeeded by
A.F.M.Smith