Edmund Alfred Cornish DSc, FAA (7 January 1909 – 31 January 1973) was one of

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eminent

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s and statisticians. He was appointed an (inaugural) Foundation Fellow of the

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(in 1954).Cornish, E. A. (Edmund Alfred) (1909–1973)
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Bright Sparcs, unimelb.edu.auEdmund Alfred Cornish, DSc, FAA
www.science.org.auEdmund Alfred Cornish 1909–1973
www.science.org.au He worked as the Officer-in-charge in Mathematical Statistics section of

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from 1941. In 1954 he became the Chief of this division and served till his death in 1973.Cornish, Edmund Alfred (1909–1973)
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Cornish, Edmund Alfred (1909–1973) – Lectures on Mathematical Statistics, 1945–1946
in Adelaide University Library 1909 births 1973 deaths Australian mathematicians Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science {{Math-bio-stub