David Cox Scientist

Sir David Roxbee Cox FRS, FBA (born 15 July 1924) is a prominent British statistician.

Personal facts

Birth date	July 15, 1924
Birth place	Birmingham
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Education	St John's College Cambridge University of Leeds
Known for	Design of experiments Stochastic process Proportional hazards model

awards	Knight Bachelor Royal Society Guy Medal
doctoral advisor	Henry Daniels Bernard Welch
doctoral student	Wally Smith (mathematician) Henry Wynn Valerie Isham Gauss Moutinho Cordeiro David V. Hinkley Basilio de Bragança Pereira Peter McCullagh
Field of study	Statistics