Leading British statistician, Dennis Lindley, dies

["Hedibert Freitas Lopes" <hedibert@im.ufrj.br>]

Prezados colegas,
    E' com grande tristeza que divido hoje com voces a noticia triste do falecimento de um icone para 
muitos de no's Bayesianos: Dennis V. Lindley.  Muitos de no's tivemos o prazer de conhece-lo 
pessoalmente, mas gostaria de pedir ao Carlinhos, Migon e Dani (e quem mais puder) para dividir 
conosco a influencia dessa grande figura em suas carreiras.  
    Pra mim basta dizer que Dennis orientou ambos Adrian Smith e Jose Bernardo e que seu trabalho e 
de seus descententes cientificos compreendem uma era muito influente do pensamento Bayesiano.  

Att,
Hedibert



Leading British statistician, Dennis Lindley, dies
Written by Web News Editor on 16 December 2013. Posted in News

It is with great regret that we announce the death of a leading figure in statistics,
Dennis Lindley (1923 - 2013).
Dennis Lindley was one of the key proponents of Bayesian statistics and his work has been widely 
recognised in helping to kick-start the ?Bayesian revolution? of recent years. He published more than 
100 scholarly articles and books. In his academic career he occupied posts such as the director of the 
Statistical Laboratory at Cambridge University and head of statistics at University College London. He 
was a founder and former president of the Valencia International Meetings on Bayesian Statistics. In 
2002 he was awarded the Royal Statistical Society?s Guy medal in gold.

He was an active member of the Royal Statistical Society and served on its Series B editorial panel for 
almost a decade. He was also secretary and later chair of the Research Section Committee and served 
as a member and vice president of Council. Most recently, he recorded an interview for the RSS which 
was played at the Society's Bayes 250 Conference held earlier this year (see embedded footage below).

Our sincerest condolences go to Dennis?s family, his wife Joan and three children, Janet, Rowan and 
Robert. A full obituary will be published in the Royal Statistical Society Series A journal in due course.