Maurice Kendall

British statistician (1907-1983) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 75

Sir Maurice George Kendall, FBA was a prominent British statistician. The Kendall tau rank correlation is named after him.

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1983Died29 March 19831980United Nations Peace MedalAward1974Knight BachelorAward1968Guy Medal in GoldAward1949Fellow of the Econometric SocietyAward1945Guy Medal in SilverAward1944Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical StatisticsAward1907Born6 September 1907

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