George Richardson Porter

George Richardson Porter (1792 – 3 September 1852) was an English statistician.[1] He became head of the statistical department of the Board of Trade.[2]

  1. ^ Parris, Henry (January 2008) [2004]. "Porter, George Richardson (1792–1852)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22567. Retrieved 24 April 2011. Available online to subscribers, and in print
  2. ^ P. J. FitzPatrick (1960), Leading British Statisticians of the Nineteenth Century - 20:53.