The David Finney Lecture
An annual lecture held to commemorate Prof. David Finney (1917-2018) that aims to highlight exceptional research in the field of applied statistics.
Prof. David Finney (1917-2018)
Prof David Finney was a statistician, based at the University of Edinburgh from 1966 until his retirement in 1984. He pioneered the development of systems for monitoring drug safety, with his reports and papers on the subject greatly influencing the monitoring systems in place today. His two most widely known books, Probit Analysis (1947) and Statistical Method in Biological Assay (1952), both redefined those subjects.
David was President of the Royal Statistical Society(1973-4), President of the Biometric Society (1964-5), a fellow of the Royal Society (from 1955), a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and was awarded a CBE in 1978. He served on Advisory Committees for the FAO and WHO and chaired the Flowers Committee 1970-74, which helped determine the way in which computing should develop in UK universities and research councils.