Henry Daniels (statistician)

Henry Ellis Daniels
FRS
Henry Ellis Daniels FRS
Born	2 October 1912; London, UK
Died	16 April 2000 (aged 87); Shrewsbury, UK
Occupation	Statistician
Known for	The Parry-Daniels map; Saddle point approximation
Spouse	Barbara Pickering (m. 1950)
Children	2
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh; University of Cambridge
Doctoral advisor	Alexander Aitken
Academic work
Institutions	Wool Industries Research Association; University of Cambridge; University of Birmingham
Doctoral students	David Cox; James Durbin; Anil Kumar Gain; Wally Smith

Henry Ellis Daniels FRS^[1] (2 October 1912 – 16 April 2000)^[2]^[3] was a British statistician. He was President of the Royal Statistical Society (1974–1975), and was awarded its Guy Medal in Gold in 1984, following a silver medal in 1947. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1980. The Parry-Daniels map is named after him (together with the English mathematician Bill Parry).^[3]^[4]

Education and career

Daniels was born in London and was educated at George Heriot's School.^[5] He subsequently graduated from the University of Edinburgh (M.A. Hons. 1933^{[citation needed]}, PhD 1943)^[6] and went on to further study at Clare College, Cambridge (B.A. 1935).^[7] In 1957, he became the first Professor of Mathematical Statistics at the University of Birmingham.^[2] He stayed at the university till his retirement in 1978. After retirement, he went to Cambridge and lived there until his death.^[8] He died at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, having suffered a "massive stroke" at breakfast time the previous day.^[1] His funeral was officiated, at his request, by a humanist.^[1]

The watchmaker George Daniels (no relation) enlisted Daniels' help with the equations required for the design of his Space Traveller's Watch.^[2]

Personal life

Daniels' family was Jewish, of Russian (partly Polish and partly Lithuanian) origin.^[5] In 1950, Daniels married Barbara Pickering; together, they had two children.^[1]

In 2000, while on travel during a workshop held at Gregynog Hall, Daniels suffered a massive stroke and died at the nearby Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.^[1]

Selected publications by Daniels

Daniels, H. E. (1954). "Saddlepoint Approximations in Statistics" (PDF). The Annals of Mathematical Statistics. 25 (4): 631–650. doi:10.1214/aoms/1177728652.
Daniels, H. E. (1975). "Statistics in Universities--A Personal View". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. 138 (1): 1–17. doi:10.2307/2345246. JSTOR 2345246.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Cox, D. (2003). "Henry Ellis Daniels. 2 October 1912 – 16 April 2000". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 49: 133–146. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2003.0008. S2CID 68973246.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Obituaries: Henry Daniels, Edwin J. Redfern". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series D. 50 (2): 213–215. 2001. doi:10.1111/1467-9884.00273.
^ ^a ^b Whittle, P. (1993). "A Conversation with Henry Daniels". Statistical Science. 8 (3): 342–353. doi:10.1214/ss/1177010911.
^ Henry Daniels at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
^ ^a ^b "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74126. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Daniels, H. E. (1943). On the strength distribution of bundles of threads, and its asymptotic approximation (PDF) (Thesis).
^ "DANIELS, Prof. Henry Ellis". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Whittle, Peter (4 May 2000). "Obituary: Henry Daniels". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 September 2013.

External links

Papers and biographical sketch Archived 9 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine
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[:0-1] Cox, D. (2003). "Henry Ellis Daniels. 2 October 1912 – 16 April 2000". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 49: 133–146. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2003.0008. S2CID 68973246.

[obit1-2] "Obituaries: Henry Daniels, Edwin J. Redfern". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series D. 50 (2): 213–215. 2001. doi:10.1111/1467-9884.00273.

[:1-3] Whittle, P. (1993). "A Conversation with Henry Daniels". Statistical Science. 8 (3): 342–353. doi:10.1214/ss/1177010911.

[4] Henry Daniels at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

[odnb-5] "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74126. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[6] Daniels, H. E. (1943). On the strength distribution of bundles of threads, and its asymptotic approximation (PDF) (Thesis).

[7] "DANIELS, Prof. Henry Ellis". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[8] Whittle, Peter (4 May 2000). "Obituary: Henry Daniels". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 September 2013.

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