Henry Ellis Daniels | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 October 1912 London, UK |
| Died | 16 April 2000 (aged 87) Shrewsbury, UK |
| Occupation | Statistician |
| Known for | The Parry-Daniels map Saddle point approximation |
| Spouse | Barbara Pickering (m. 1950) |
| Children | 2 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh University of Cambridge |
| Doctoral advisor | Alexander Aitken |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Wool Industries Research Association University of Cambridge University of Birmingham |
| Doctoral students | David Cox James Durbin Anil Kumar Gain Wally Smith |
Henry Ellis Daniels FRS[1] (2 October 1912 – 16 April 2000)[2][3] was a British statistician. He was President of the Royal Statistical Society (1974–1975), and was awarded its Guy Medal in Gold in 1984, following a silver medal in 1947. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1980. The Parry-Daniels map is named after him (together with the English mathematician Bill Parry).[3][4]