Dorn, Harold F. (Harold Fred), 1906-1963
Variant namesA medical statistician for the U.S. Public Health Service, Harold Fred Dorn was born near Ithaca, N.Y. in 1906. After earning an M.S. in Sociology from Cornell, Dorn developed an interest in statistics. He received a Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin in 1933 and in 1934 studied the application of statistical methods to social data at the Galton Laboratory at the University College, London. Dorn's best-known work is his development of a "statistical methodology for large-scale epidemiological studies of cardiorespiratory diseases." He died of bone cancer in 1963.
From the guide to the Harold Fred Dorn Papers, 1932-1970, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine)
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| referencedIn | Carnegie-Myrdal Study of the Negro in America research memoranda collection, 1935-1948 | Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section | |
| creatorOf | Carnegie Corporation of New York. Carnegie-Myrdal Study of the Negro in America research memoranda collection, 1935-1948. | Cornell University Library | |
| creatorOf | Dorn, Harold F. (Harold Fred), 1906-1963. "The health of the negro", research memorandum by Harold F. Dorn, Senior Economist, U.S. Public Health Service [microform]. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| creatorOf | Harold Fred Dorn Papers, 1932-1970 | History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine | |
| creatorOf | Dorn, Harold Fred, 1906-1963. Harold Fred Dorn papers, 1932-1970. | National Library of Medicine |
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