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Michael Hills died at the age of 86 on 7 January 2021 of COVID-19 after a short period of worsening ill-health. In his long career, he influenced many through his teaching and mentoring, his books, statistical packages and broad research interests, including those in history, art and politics. He was joint editor for Applied Statistics (now Series C) between 1981 and 1984 when the breadth of his expertise shone, as well as his care for young authors (of which I for one was a direct beneficiary). He is best known for his contributions to the life of the London School for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine where he worked over two spells, first between 1962 and 1971, and then from 1985 to 1996, when he (officially but not practically) retired. In between, he worked at the Natural History Museum, as Head of Biometrics and Computing, and also at the Open University, as Lecturer in Statistics. Michael loved teaching and educated scores of researchers with beautifully prepared and everso-succinct short courses held across Europe and beyond, most notably at the 'Florence Summer School' (the European Educational Programme in Epidemiology) where he taught from its inception in 1991 till only a f

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Author

Bianca L. De Stavola

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Mathematics (Physical Sciences)