- President of the Royal Statistical Society
The President of the Royal Statistical Society is the head of the
Royal Statistical Society (RSS). This is not an honorary position; the president actively oversees the running of the Society and chairs its council meetings. In recent years, almost all presidents have been nominated following many years' service to the Society, although some have been nominated to mark their eminence in society generally, such asHarold Wilson .There has only been one contested election in the Society's history; in 1977, many fellows objected to the nomination by the Council of
Campbell Adamson because he was not a statistician and was said to have made derogatory comments about statisticians.Henry Wynn was nominated by several fellows (including Adrian Smith, himself later president, andPhilip Dawid ) and won the election.Honorary Presidents
Three
Princes of Wales have been Honorary President:
* 1872 - 1901Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII)
* 1902 - 1910 George, Prince of Wales (later George V)
* 1921 - 1936 Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII)List of presidents
19th Century
*1834 - 1836
Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
*1836 - 1838Charles Lemon
*1838 - 1840Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 5th Earl FitzWilliam
*1840 - 1842Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby
*1842 - 1843Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
*1843 - 1845Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
*1845 - 1847Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle
*1847 - 1849Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 5th Earl FitzWilliam
*1849 - 1851Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby
*1851 - 1853Samuel Jones-Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone
*1853 - 1855Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 5th Earl FitzWilliam
*1855 - 1857Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby
*1857 - 1859Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
*1859 - 1861John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
*1861 - 1863John Pakington, 1st Baron Hampton
*1863 - 1865William Henry Sykes
*1865 - 1867Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton
*1867 - 1869William Ewart Gladstone
*1869 - 1871William Newmarch
*1871 - 1873William Farr
*1873 - 1875William Guy
*1875 - 1877James Heywood
*1877 - 1879George Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Baron Eversley
*1879 - 1880Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey
*1880 - 1882 James Caird
*1882 - 1884Robert Giffen
*1884 - 1886Rawson W. Rawson
*1886 - 1888George Goschen
*1888 - 1890T. Graham Balfour
*1890 - 1892Frederic J. Mouat
*1892 - 1994 Charles Booth
*1894 - 1896Thomas Farrer, 1st Baron Farrer
*1896 - 1897John Biddulph Martin
*1897Alfred Edmund Bateman
*1897 - 1899Leonard Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith
*1899 - 1900Henry Hartley Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton
*1900 - 1902John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury 20th Century
*1902 - 1904
Patrick George Craigie
*1904 - 1905Sir Francis Powell, 1st Baronet
*1905 - 1906William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow
*1906 - 1907Richard Biddulph Martin
*1907 - 1909Sir Charles Dilke, 2nd Baronet
*1909 - 1910Jervoise Athelstane Baines
*1910 - 1912Lord George Hamilton
*1912 - 1914F.Y. Edgeworth
*1914 - 1915Reginald Welby, 1st Baron Welby
*1915 - 1916Lord George Hamilton
*1916 - 1918Bernard Mallet ,Registrar General
*1918 - 1920Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel
*1920 - 1922R. Henry Rew
*1922 - 1924Alfred Emmott, 1st Baron Emmott
*1924 - 1926Udny Yule
*1926 - 1928Viscount D'Abernon
*1928 - 1930Alfred Flux
*1930 - 1932Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp
*1932 - 1934James Scorgie Meston, 1st Baron Meston
*1934 - 1936Major Greenwood
*1936 - 1938Edward Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet
*1938 - 1940Arthur Lyon Bowley
*1940 - 1941Henry William Macrosty
*1941Hector Leak
*1941 - 1943William Beveridge
*1943 - 1945Charles Ernest Snow
*1945 - 1947Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton
*1947 - 1949David Heron
*1949 - 1950Geoffrey Heyworth, 1st Baron Heyworth
*1950 - 1952Austin Bradford Hill
*1952 - 1954Ronald Fisher
*1954 - 1955William Piercy, 1st Baron Piercy
*1955 - 1957Egon Pearson
*1957 - 1959Harry Campion
*1959 - 1960Hugh Beaver
*1960 - 1962Maurice Kendall
*1962 - 1964Joseph Oscar Irwin
*1964 - 1965Sir Paul Chambers
*1965 - 1966Leonard Henry Caleb Tippett
*1966 - 1967M.S. Bartlett
*1967 - 1968Frank Yates
*1968 - 1969Francis Cockfield, Baron Cockfield
*1969 - 1970R. G. D. Allen
*1970 - 1971Bernard Benjamin
*1971 - 1972George Alfred Barnard
*1972 - 1973Harold Wilson
*1973 - 1974D.J. Finney
*1974 - 1975Henry Daniels
*1975 - 1977Stella Cunliffe
*1977 - 1978Henry Wynn
*1978 - 1980Claus Moser, Baron Moser
*1980 - 1982 David Cox
*1982 - 1984Peter Armitage
*1984 - 1985Walter Bodmer
*1985 - 1986John A. Nelder
*1986 - 1987James Durbin
*1987 - 1989John Kingman
*1989 - 1991P.G. Moore
*1991 - 1993T.M.F. Smith
*1993 - 1995D.J. Bartholomew
*1995 - 1997 Adrian Smith
*1997 - 1999R.N. Curnow
*1999 - 2001Denise Lievesley 21st Century
*2001 - 2003 Peter Green
*2003 - 2005Andy Grieve
*2005 - 2007 Tim Holt
*2007 - David HandSee also
*
President of the American Statistical Association
*President of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
*President of the Statistical Society of Canada External links
* [http://www.rss.org.uk/main.asp?page=1078 List of presidents]
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