Michael Bulmer
Michael Bulmer | |
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Born | Michael George Bulmer May 10, 1931 |
Nationality | English |
Education | University of Oxford |
Known for | Population genetics Quantitative genetics Twinning |
Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society(1997)[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biostatistics |
Institutions | University of Manchester University of Oxford Rutgers University |
Thesis | A method of finding approximate confidence limits for the analysis of variance(1958) |
Website | michaelbulmer |
Michael George BulmerFRS(born 10 May 1931)[2][3]is a British biostatistician. He is an emeritus fellow ofWolfson College, Oxford,and a Fellow of theRoyal Society of London.[2]He is known for his work inquantitative geneticsand on thebiologyoftwinning,[1]as well as for his 2003 biography ofFrancis Galton.[4]
Biography
[edit]Bulmer was born inBirmingham,England,in 1931. After graduating fromRugby School,he studied atMerton College, Oxford,from 1949 to 1957, taking aB.A.in animal physiology in 1952, a diploma in applied statistics the following year, aD.Phil.in statistics in 1957, and aD.Sc.[3]He then lectured at theUniversity of Manchesterfrom 1957 to 1959, after which he became a lecturer inbiomathematicsat the University of Oxford. In 1991, he left Oxford to become a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences atRutgers University,where he remained until 1995.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ab"Michael Bulmer".Royal Society.Retrieved27 December2018.
- ^abc"Michael Bulmer Biography".michaelbulmer.com.Retrieved27 December2018.
- ^abLevens, R.G.C., ed. (1964).Merton College Register 1900–1964.Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 400.
- ^Smocovitis, Vassiliki Betty (June 2007). "Michael Bulmer xvii + 357 pp., illus., bibl., index. Baltimore/London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003".Isis.98(2): 398–399.doi:10.1086/521468.
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