Shayle R. Searle

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Short description: New Zealand mathematician (1928–2013)

Shayle Robert Searle PhD (26 April 1928 – 18 February 2013) was a New Zealand mathematician who was professor emeritus of biological statistics at Cornell University.[1] He was a prominent figure in the fields of linear and mixed models in statistics. He also published widely on the topics of linear models, mixed models, and variance component estimation.[2]

Searle was one of the first statisticians to use matrix algebra in statistical methodology, and was an early proponent of the use of applied statistical techniques in animal breeding.

He died at his home in Ithaca, New York.

Education

Employment

  • Research statistician – New Zealand Dairy Board – 1953 to 1955, 1959 to 1962
  • Statistician – University Computing Center, Cornell University – 1962 to 1965
  • Professor of biological statistics – Cornell University – 1965 to 1996

Honours

  • Winner, Humboldt Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
  • Fellow, American Statistical Association
  • Fellow, Royal Statistical Society
  • Honorary Fellow, Royal Society of New Zealand[3]

Bibliography

Books

Selected journal articles

2000s
1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s
1950s

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Further reading




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