Papers of Frederick Mosteller, 1946-1988 (inclusive).

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Papers of Frederick Mosteller, 1946-1988 (inclusive).

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Contains correspondence, memoranda, publications, reports, manuscripts, notes, data, and drafts relating to Professor Mosteller's interests. Topics and concerns include statistical research; meetings and conferences; statistics courses at Harvard and other universities; activities with various organizations; the Continental Classroom's TV course in probability and statistics; the Weather Modification Project; studies at the Massachusetts General Hospital on analgesic drugs and statistical problems in measuring the subjective response to drugs; and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.

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Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Institute of Mathematical Statistics.

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The Institute of Mathematical Statistics is an international professional and scholarly society devoted to the development, dissemination, and application of statistics and probability. The Institute currently (2009) has approximately 4,500 members in all parts of the world. From the description of Records, 1965-[ongoing] (Iowa State University). WorldCat record id: 237112417 ...

Massachusetts general hospital

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Dr. James Jackson and Dr. John C. Warren initially sought funds for a hospital in Boston, Mass. which would also be made available to student s of the Harvard Medical School for clinical training. It was incorporated in 1811 as Massachusetts General Hospital, and in 1817 Jackson and Warren were appointed as acting physician and surgeon, respectively. The first patients were admitted in 1821. McLean Hospital was chartered in 1811 and opened in 1818 as the psychiatric facility of Massachusetts Gen...

Mosteller, Frederick, 1916-2006

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Frederick Mosteller taught mathematical statistics in the Department of Social Relations and the Department of Statistics, 1946 to 1987, and was Irving Professor of Mathematical Statistics in the School of Public Health. From the description of Papers of Frederick Mosteller, 1946-1988 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77061000 Frederick Mosteller, 1916- , BSc, 1938, MSc, 1939, Carnegie Institute of Technology; AM, 1941, PhD, 1946, Princeton University; R...