Terence Michael Frederick Smith (18 January 1934 – 7 December 2019) [1] [2] was a British statistician known for his research in survey sampling.
Fred Smith gained his first degree in 1959.
He succeeded Prof Maurice Quenouille [3] as Professor of Statistics at the University of Southampton in 1975. [4] He received the Guy Medal in bronze from the Royal Statistical Society in 1979. In 1983 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. [5]
He was President of the Royal Statistical Society in 1991–1993. [6]
Terence Michael Frederick Smith (18 January 1934 – 7 December 2019) [1] [2] was a British statistician known for his research in survey sampling.
Fred Smith gained his first degree in 1959.
He succeeded Prof Maurice Quenouille [3] as Professor of Statistics at the University of Southampton in 1975. [4] He received the Guy Medal in bronze from the Royal Statistical Society in 1979. In 1983 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. [5]
He was President of the Royal Statistical Society in 1991–1993. [6]