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Adrian Smith

British statistician
Person human Q4685361

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[25]
Date of birth
September 9, 1946
Place of birth
Dawlish
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[6]
Occupation
mathematician, statistician, university teacher
Employer
Imperial College London, University of London, London Business School[8][9][10]
Position held
president of the Royal Statistical Society, President of the Royal Society[7]
Educated at
University College London, Selwyn College[11][12]
Award received
Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the American Statistical Association, Guy Medal in Gold, Guy Medal in Silver, Guy Medal in Bronze, Knight Bachelor, Fellow of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis, Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
Doctoral advisor
Dennis Lindley[13]
Doctoral student
David Spiegelhalter, Mike West, Chris Holmes, Nicholas Polson, Jonathan C. Wakefield, Paul Damien, Lawrence Ian Pettit, Michael Goldstein, Ewart Shaw, David A Stephens, Jim E. Griffin, N. B. Booth, U. E. Makov, J. C. Naylor, F. L. Ezzet, A. M. Pole, M. P. Upsdell, Kerry Gordon, John M. Marriott, Andy Grieve, Susan Hills, Neil James Gordon, David John Buckle, Lindsay Anne Foreman, David Brian Phillips, Penelope Vounatsou, Eduardo Gutiérrez-Peña, Ka Fai Lam, Boris Choy, Ester Yen, M. Efstathiou, M. Curtis, J. T. Key, A. M. Brink, R. A. Haro-López, D. G. T. Denison, Clive Hoggart, Say Beng Tan, N. A. Heard, J. W. Sandy, R. A. H. J. Al-Jaralla, Linda D. Sharples[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Family name
Smith
Given name
Adrian, Frederick
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
Member of
Royal Society, Royal Statistical Society, Institute of Mathematical Statistics[22][23][24]
Residence
United Kingdom[40]
🏷️ Also known as
en Adrian Smith en Adrian F. M. Smith en A. F. M. Smith en Sir Adrian Frederick Melhuish Smith ar أدريان سميث da Adrian F. M. Smith fi Adrian F. M. Smith he אדריאן סמית' ko 에이드리언 스미스 ko 에이드리언 프레더릭 멜후이시 스미스 pt Adrian F. M. Smith ru Адриан Смит tr Adrian Smith (istatistikçi) uk Адріан Сміт (статистик) zh 阿德里安·史密斯
🔖 Identifiers · 32
ISNI
0000000116170096
VIAF cluster ID
32936580, 108163171
Library of Congress authority ID
n93092657
GND ID
12467464X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Adrian-smith1.jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID
90521696
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12304936d
CANTIC ID
981058596216406706
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12099967
CiNii Research ID
1140845216610513536
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
12467464X
Fellow of the Royal Society ID
12298
Show all 32 identifiers +20
Freebase ID
/m/0bhvdh
Gov.uk person ID
adrian-smith
IdRef ID
031924034
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
12467464X
MR Author ID
163930
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
87564
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA00178953
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007429862405171
National Virtual Library of India ID
143859
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
072291885
Oberwolfach mathematician ID
10762
RERO ID (legacy)
A006498730
SBN author ID
MILV063558
SHARE Catalogue author ID
88982
Scopus author ID
7406761795
UOM ID
2678
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058596216406706
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvxwJdVtyFKvfDw4bymVC
Yale LUX ID
person/0f734ba4-e67f-46c3-9da6-732f3671f008
ZbMATH author ID
smith.adrian-f-m

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🔗 Connections
Employer 3
University of London, Imperial College London, London Business School
Member of 3
Royal Society, Royal Statistical Society, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Award received 2
Fellow of the Royal Society, Knight Bachelor
Doctoral student 2
David Spiegelhalter, Ester Yen
Doctoral students 2
David Spiegelhalter, Ester Yen
Educated at 2
University College London, Selwyn College
Given name 2
Adrian, Frederick
Occupation 2
mathematician, statistician
Chaired by 1
Royal Society
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Doctoral advisor 1
Dennis Lindley
Doctoral advisors 1
Dennis Lindley
Family name 1
Smith
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Place of birth 1
Dawlish
Residence 1
United Kingdom
Sex or gender 1
male
← Director / manager 1
University of London
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Summary

Adrian Smith was born on September 9, 1946[1], in Dawlish[2]. He has worked as a mathematician[3], statistician[4], and university teacher[5].

Why It Matters

His notable doctoral advisees include David Spiegelhalter[41], a mathematician[42], b. 1953[43], of United Kingdom[44], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society[45], specialised in statistics[46] and Ester Yen[47], a computer scientist[48].

FAQs

Where was Adrian Smith born?

Adrian Smith was born in Dawlish[2].

What did Adrian Smith do for work?

Adrian Smith worked as a mathematician[3], statistician[4], and university teacher[5].

Where did Adrian Smith go to school?

Adrian Smith was educated at University College London[11] and Selwyn College[12].

What awards did Adrian Smith receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Society[14], Fellow of the American Statistical Association[15], Guy Medal in Gold[16], and Guy Medal in Silver[17].

Related Entities

Ester Yen Imperial College London United Kingdom University of London

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  4. [7] ↑ . Directory of Fellows of the Royal Society. Retrieved . royalsociety.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  7. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  14. [15] ↑ . Fellows of the American Statistical Association database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  19. [20] ↑ . bayesian.org. bayesian.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Scientific Legacy Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  22. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [27] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  24. [28] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  25. [29] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  26. [30] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  27. [31] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  28. [32] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  29. [33] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  30. [34] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  31. [35] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  32. [36] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  33. [37] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  34. [38] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  35. [39] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  36. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [24] ↑ . Scientific Legacy Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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