Moran, Patrick Alfred Pierce (P. A. P.)

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Moran, Patrick Alfred Pierce (P. A. P.)

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      • Professor PAP Moran

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      14 July 1917 - 19 September 1988

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      Patrick Moran was appointed foundation Professor of Statistics in the Research School of Social Sciences on 1 January 1951. He had studied chemistry, mathematics and physics at the University of Sydney, Cambridge University and Oxford University, and worked on rocketry and applied physics projects during World War II. He retired in 1982 but remained at ANU as Emeritus Professor working on the application of statistical methods and epidemiological methods to psychiatry. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, a Fellow of the Academy of Science and was awarded the Lyle Medal for outstanding research accomplishments in mathematics.

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      Entered on 17 December 2021 by Kathryn Dan

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          Academy of Science, biographical memoir by C.C. Heyde https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/biographical-memoirs/patrick-alfred-pierce-moran-1917-1988
          Encyclopedia of Australian Science, Moran, Patrick Alfred Pierce https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000655b.htm

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