Peter Gavin Hall

For other people named Peter Hall, see Peter Hall (disambiguation).

Peter Hall
AO FAA FRS
Peter Hall in his office at The University of Melbourne in 2007
Born
Peter Gavin Hall

(1951-11-20)20 November 1951
Sydney
Died9 January 2016(2016-01-09) (aged 64)
Melbourne
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
Australian National University
University of Oxford (DPhil)
AwardsAustralian Laureate Fellowship (2011)
Guy Medal (2011)
George Szekeres Medal (2010)
Rollo Davidson Prize (1986)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Statistics
InstitutionsAustralian National University
University of California Davis
University of Melbourne
ThesisSome problems in limit theory for stochastic processes and sums of random variables (1976)
Doctoral advisorJohn Kingman[1][2]

Peter Gavin Hall AO FAA FRS[3] (20 November 1951 – 9 January 2016) was an Australian researcher in probability theory and mathematical statistics.[4] The American Statistical Association described him as one of the most influential and prolific theoretical statisticians in the history of the field.[5] The School of Mathematics and Statistics Building at The University of Melbourne was renamed the Peter Hall building in his honour on 9 December 2016.[6][7][8][9][10]

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  3. ^ Robinson, John; Welsh, Alan H. (2018). "Peter Gavin Hall. 20 November 1951 – 9 January 2016". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 64. London: Royal Society: 207–229. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2017.0035. ISSN 0080-4606.
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  5. ^ "American Statistical Association, Obituary – Peter G. Hall". Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  6. ^ "University of Melbourne Media Release: Peter Hall Building". 10 October 2019.
  7. ^ University of Melbourne, School of Mathematics and Statistics: Professor Peter Hall Archived 17 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Peter Hall Memorial Conference". hallmemorialconference.ucdavis.edu.
  9. ^ "Peter Gavin Hall". peterhallmemorial.ucdavis.edu.
  10. ^ Levey. "Peter_Gavin_Hall". www.stat-center.pku.edu.cn.