Who are they And how are they connected

Who are they? And how are they connected? J Hanley, Mc. Gill University

Sander Greenland John Snow

Florence Nightingale For her contribution to Army statistics and comparative hospital statistics in 1860, she became the first woman to be elected a fellow of the Statistical Society.

Siméon Denis POISSON French statistician, 1781 -1840 Ronald A. FISHER English statistician, 1890 -1962 English[ cette homme ] + “er” = This man

Edmund HALLEY Paul MEIER 1958 paper is 1 of top 5 most • 1693: First Life Table • 1705 predicted that comet seen in 1531, 1607, & 1682 would return in 1758. referenced papers in sciences In late 40 s & early 50 s advocated scientific studies of clinical & public health interventions. Polio vaccine trial one of largest RCTs ever conducted

• HILL, Sir Austin Bradford 1897 • http: //www. york. ac. uk/ depts/maths/histstat/pe ople/ Medical Statistician, 1897 -1991 Epidemiologist 1912 -

“Statistical Aspects of the Analysis of Data from Retrospective Studies of Disease” JNCI, 1959; 22: 719 - 748 Nathan Mantel & William Haenszel

Ivy League Duellists TROHOC, NIETSNIEF and all that…

Peter Armitage

JOHN LAST

Biostatistician Tobacco warrior Textbook author Stanley Glantz