Anscombe, Francis John 1918-2001
ANSCOMBE, Francis John 1918-2001
PERSONAL:
Born May 13, 1918, in Elstree, Hertfordshire, England; immigrated to the United States, 1956; died of complications from Alzheimer's disease October 17, 2001, in New Haven, CT; son of Francis Champion and Honoria Constance (Fallowfield) Anscombe; married Phyllis Elaine Rapp, June 16, 1954; children: Francis Rossiter, Anthony John, Frederick F., Elizabeth Anscombe Valeika. Education: Cambridge University, B.A., 1939, M.A., 1943.
CAREER:
British Ministry of Supply, staff member, 1940-45; Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England, staff member, 1945-47; Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, lecturer in mathematics, 1948-56; Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, associate professor, 1956-60, professor of mathematics, 1960-63; Yale University, New Haven, CT, professor of statistics, 1963-88, professor emeritus, 1988-2001, founding chair of Department of Statistics. Princeton University, research associate, 1953-54; University of Chicago, visiting professor, 1959-60. National Bureau of Standards, chair of National Academy of Sciences—National Research Council advisory panel on applied mathematics, 1966-67.
WRITINGS:
Curso de aplicaciones industriales de la estadistica, 1957.
Computing in Statistical Science through APL, Springer Verlag (New York, NY), 1981.
Contributor of more than fifty articles to scientific journals.
OBITUARIES:
PERIODICALS
New York Times, October 25, 2001, obituary by Wolfgang Saxon, p. D9.