D. J. Finney, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetD. J. Finney
British statistician
Date of Birth: 03-Jan-1917
Place of Birth: Latchford, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 12-Nov-2018
Profession: statistician
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About D. J. Finney
- David John Finney (3 January 1917 – 12 November 2018), was a British statistician and Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the University of Edinburgh.
- He was Director of the Agricultural Research Council's Unit of Statistics from 1954 to 1984 and a former President of the Royal Statistical Society and of the Biometric Society.
- He was a pioneer in the development of systematic monitoring of drugs for detection of adverse reactions.
- He turned 100 in January 2017 and died on 12 November 2018 at the age of 101 following a short illness.
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