1. Who are they? And how are they connected? J Hanley, McGill University

2. Sander Greenland John Snow

3. For her contribution to Army statistics and comparative hospital statistics in 1860, she became the first woman to be elected a fellow of the Statistical Society. Florence Nightingale

4. English[ cette homme ] + “er” = This man French statistician, 1781-1840 English statistician, 1890-1962 Siméon Denis POISSONRonald A. FISHER

5. 1958 paper is 1 of top 5 most referenced papers in sciences 1693: First Life Table 1705 predicted that comet seen in 1531, 1607, & 1682 would return in 1758. In late 40s & early 50s advocated scientific studies of clinical & public health interventions. Polio vaccine trial one of largest RCTs ever conducted Edmund HALLEY Paul MEIER

6. HILL, Sir Austin Bradford 1897- http://www.york.ac.uk /depts/maths/histstat/p eople/ Medical Statistician, 1897-1991 Epidemiologist 1912-

7. “Statistical Aspects of the Analysis of Data from Retrospective Studies of Disease” JNCI, 1959; 22: 719 - 748 Nathan Mantel & William Haenszel

8. Ivy League Duellists TROHOC, NIETSNIEF and all that…

9. Peter Armitage

11. JOHN LAST

12. Biostatistician Tobacco warrior Textbook author Stanley Glantz