John Aston (statistician)

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Sir John Alexander David Aston is a British statistician, Chief Scientific Adviser at the Home Office, and Professor of Statistics, Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge. From 2021 he will be the Harding Professor of Statistics in Public Life.[1]

Aston earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Cambridge, and a PhD in statistics from Imperial College London and McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.[2]

Aston was an academic at the University of Warwick and at Academia Sinica in Taiwan, before becoming a professor at the University of Cambridge.[3]

Aston is one of the 23 attendees of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage).[4]

Aston is married to Karri, and they have three children.[2]

He was knighted in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to statistics and public policymaking.[5]

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  1. ^ "Elections" (PDF). Cambridge University Reporter.
  2. ^ a b "John Aston". National Institute of Statistical Sciences. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Professor John Aston". Centre for Science and Policy. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. ^ Sample, Ian (24 April 2020). "Who's who on secret scientific group advising UK government?". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  5. ^ "No. 63377". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 2021. p. B2.
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