Bernard Silverman | |
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Born | London, England [1] | 22 February 1952
Education | City of London School [2] |
Alma mater | Cambridge University |
Known for | density estimation, nonparametric regression, functional data analysis |
Awards | Mayhew Prize (1974) Smith's Prize (1976) Gold Medal International Mathematical Olympiad Guy Medal (Bronze, 1984) (Silver, 1997) COPSS Presidents' Award (1991) Fellow of the Royal Society |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Statistician |
Institutions | University of Oxford |
Thesis | Data Analysis: Some Theory and Practice (1978) |
Doctoral advisor | D. G. Kendall |
Sir Bernard Walter Silverman, FRS , FAcSS (born 22 February 1952) is a British statistician and former [3] Anglican clergyman. He was Master of St Peter's College, Oxford, from 1 October 2003 to 31 December 2009. He is a member of the Statistics Department at Oxford University, and has also been attached to the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, and the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance. He has been a member of the Council of Oxford University and of the Council of the Royal Society. [4] He was briefly president of the Royal Statistical Society in January 2010, a position from which he stood down upon announcement of his appointment as Chief Scientific Adviser to the Home Office. [5] He was awarded a knighthood in the 2018 New Years Honours List, "For public service and services to Science". [6]
Silverman was educated at the City of London School, [2] an independent day school in Central London, from 1961 to 1969, on a Carpenter Scholarship (similar to today's full bursary), [7] followed by Jesus College at the University of Cambridge. [7]
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Silverman was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1999 and as a priest in 2000. [10] From 1999 to 2005, he was an honorary assistant curate of Cotham Parish Church in the Diocese of Bristol. [10] Between 2005 and 2009, he held Permission to Officiate in the Diocese of Oxford. [10] Then, from 2009 to 2015, he was an honorary assistant curate of St Giles' Church and St Margaret's Church, Oxford. [10] From 2015 to 2022, he held Permission to Officiate in both the Diocese of Oxford and in the Diocese of London. [10] He renounced his orders in 2022. [3]
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