Peter gavin hall biography
Peter Gavin Hall was born in Sydney, Australia, on 20 November and, following a diagnosis of acute leukaemia, died in Melbourne on 9.
Peter Gavin Hall AO FAA FRS (20 November – 9 January ) was an....
Peter Gavin Hall
Australian statistician (1951–2016)
For other people named Peter Hall, see Peter Hall (disambiguation).
Peter Gavin HallAO FAA FRS[3] (20 November 1951 – 9 January 2016) was an Australian researcher in probability theory and mathematical statistics.[4] The American Statistical Association described him as one of the most influential and prolific theoretical statisticians in the history of the field.[5] The School of Mathematics and Statistics Building at The University of Melbourne was renamed the Peter Hall building in his honour on 9 December 2016.[6][7][8][9][10]
Education
Hall attended Sydney Technical High School in Bexley, NSW during the years 1964–1969.
He placed consistently high in examination results and in his final year, was among the top achievers in his form, and the winner of Old Boys' Union Mathematics prize.[11]
Hall earned his Doctor of Phi