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'''Stella Vivian Cunliffe''' [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (12 January 1917 |
'''Stella Vivian Cunliffe''' [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (born 12 January 1917) was a British statistician. |
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She was educated at [[Parson Mead School|Parsons Mead]], [[Ashtead]] and the [[London School of Economics]] where she gained a BSc (Econ). |
She was educated at [[Parson Mead School|Parsons Mead]], [[Ashtead]] and the [[London School of Economics]] where she gained a BSc (Econ). |
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She then in 1970 became Head of Research Unit at the Home Office (1970–72) before being appointed Director of Statistics at the Home Office (1972–77), the first woman to reach this grade in the British Government Statistical Service. She was later Statistical Adviser to the Committee of Enquiry into the Engineering Profession 1978-80 |
She then in 1970 became Head of Research Unit at the Home Office (1970–72) before being appointed Director of Statistics at the Home Office (1972–77), the first woman to reach this grade in the British Government Statistical Service. She was later Statistical Adviser to the Committee of Enquiry into the Engineering Profession 1978-80 |
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She served as the first female [[President of the Royal Statistical Society]] from 1975 to 1977 |
She served as the first female [[President of the Royal Statistical Society]] from 1975 to 1977 <ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.rss.org.uk/main.asp?page=1078 |title = Royal Statistical Society - Presidents|publisher= Royal Statistical Society|accessdate = 7 August 2010}}</ref> |
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== Guide International Service == |
== Guide International Service == |
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* Interaction ''[[Journal of the Royal Statistical Society]]. Series A (General),'' Vol. 139, No. 1. (1976), pp. 1–19. |
* Interaction ''[[Journal of the Royal Statistical Society]]. Series A (General),'' Vol. 139, No. 1. (1976), pp. 1–19. |
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Her recreations |
Her recreations are work with youth organisations, gardening and prison after-care. |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 12:50, 5 February 2012
Stella Vivian Cunliffe MBE (born 12 January 1917) was a British statistician.
She was educated at Parsons Mead, Ashtead and the London School of Economics where she gained a BSc (Econ).
Career
She started her career in the Danish Bacon Company (1939–44) but at the end of WWII interrupted her career to do voluntary relief work in Europe with the Guide International service (1945–47).
In 1947 she resumed her career by accepting a post as statistician at the Dublin brewers Arthur Guinness Son & Co. (1947–70).
She then in 1970 became Head of Research Unit at the Home Office (1970–72) before being appointed Director of Statistics at the Home Office (1972–77), the first woman to reach this grade in the British Government Statistical Service. She was later Statistical Adviser to the Committee of Enquiry into the Engineering Profession 1978-80
She served as the first female President of the Royal Statistical Society from 1975 to 1977 [1]
Guide International Service
The Guide International Service was formed from specially trained ex-Girl Guide volunteers to help with the rehabilitation of Europe after the war, As a member of the service, Stella Cunliffe was amongst the first civilians to go into Belsen Concentration Camp in 1945 [2] where they oversaw the “human laundry”: the delousing of the inmates.
She was appointed MBE in 1993.
Presidential Address to the RSS
- Interaction Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General), Vol. 139, No. 1. (1976), pp. 1–19.
Her recreations are work with youth organisations, gardening and prison after-care.
References
- ^ "Royal Statistical Society - Presidents". Royal Statistical Society. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
- ^ Davies, Serena (14 August 2009). "100 years of the Girl Guides". London: The Telegraph. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
- Julian Champkin. A Life in Statistics: Beer and Statistics (An interview with Stella Cunliffe) Significance 2006; 3(3):126–9. doi:10.1111/j.1740-9713.2006.00184.x
- David Salsburg The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century, Owl Books (NY), 2002. Chapter 25 has an account of Cunliffe's career based on her presidential address.
External links
- "A Glimpse into the Life of… Stella Cunliffe". Ashtead at. Parish of Ashtead. Harvest 2003. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28.
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- Members of HM Government Statistical Service
- Civil servants in the Home Office
- 20th-century mathematicians
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- Members of the Order of the British Empire
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