Henry Daniels, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Henry Daniels

British statistician

Date of Birth: 02-Oct-1912

Date of Death: 16-Apr-2000

Profession: statistician

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Henry Ellis Daniels FRS (2 October 1912 – 16 April 2000) 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).Daniels' family was Jewish, of Russian (partly Polish and partly Lithuanian) origin.
He was educated at George Heriot's School.
He subsequently graduated from the University of Edinburgh (M.A.
Hons.
1933, Ph.D.
1943) and went on to further study at Clare College, Cambridge (B.A.
1935).
In 1957, he became the first Professor of Mathematical Statistics at the University of Birmingham.
He stayed at the university till his retirement in 1978.
After retirement, he went to Cambridge and lived there until his death.The watchmaker George Daniels (no relation) enlisted Daniels' help with the equations required for the design of his Space Traveller's Watch.