Mathematician:Maurice George Kendall

Mathematician

English mathematician who made significant contributions to statistics.

Nationality

British

History

• Born: 6 Sept 1907, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England
• Died: 29 March 1983, Redhill, Surrey, England

Theorems and Definitions

• Kendall Tau Rank Correlation
• Kendall's Rank Correlation Coefficient ($1938$)
• Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance ($1939$)

Definitions of concepts named for Maurice George Kendall can be found here.

Publications

• 1938: Randomness and Random Sampling Numbers (with Bernard Babington-Smith)
• 1939: Tables of Random Sampling Numbers (with Bernard Babington-Smith)
• 1943: Advanced Theory of Statistics: Volume 1
• 1946: Advanced Theory of Statistics: Volume 2
• 1948: Rank Correlation
• 1950: Introduction to the Theory of Statistics (14th Edition) (with G. Udny Yule)
• 1952: Statistical Sources in the United Kingdom: Volume 1 (as editor)
• 1953: The Analysis of Economic Time-Series - Part I: Prices (with Austin Bradford Hill)
• 1957: Statistical Sources in the United Kingdom: Volume 2 (as editor)
• 1957: Dictionary of Statistical Terms (as editor)
• 1961: A course in the geometry of n dimensions
• 1962: Bibliography of Statistical Literature: Volume 1 (as editor)
• 1963: Geometrical probability (with P.A.P. Moran)
• 1965: Bibliography of Statistical Literature: Volume 2 (as editor)
• 1967: An Introduction to Probability Theory (with P.A.P. Moran)
• 1968: Bibliography of Statistical Literature: Volume 3 (as editor)
• 1973: Time series

Also:

• A course in multivariate analysis
• Cluster analysis

• A series of articles: Studies in the history of probability and statistics

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Maurice George Kendall": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Kendall, Sir Maurice George (1907-83)