Miles Menander Dawson

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Miles Menander Dawson (May 13, 1863 – 1942) was an American author of poetry and philosophy, and ethics. He wrote books about the teachings of Zoroaster, Socrates, and Confucius. He was a member of the .[1]

Biography[]

He was born in Viroqua, Wisconsin on May 13, 1863.[2] Dawson worked as an actuary in New York City. He wrote numerous books and articles on life insurance and actuarial science.[3] In 1905 and 1910 he acted as a lobbyist when bills were being prepared to regulate the insurance industry.[4] In 1908 he was an Invited Speaker of the ICM in Rome.[5] In 1914 he became one of the inaugural Fellows of the American Statistical Association.[6]

He died in 1942.

Publications[]

  • The Business Of Life Insurance (1905) [3]

References[]

  1. ^ The Ethics of Confucius. . 2002. ISBN 1-4102-0356-5.
  2. ^ "Miles Menander Dawson passport application from April 20, 1908". United States Department of State. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Miles Menander Dawson (1905). "The Business Of Life Insurance". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
  4. ^ "Insurance Bills Guided To Death". New York Times. May 25, 1910. Retrieved 2010-07-30. They were accompanied by the charge of Miles Menander Dawson, that in 1905, when Dawson was before the Legislature the passage of a bill affecting life ...
  5. ^ Dawson, Miles M. "Necessary cautions for the guidance of mathematicians in dealing with actuarial problems". Atti del IV Congresso internazionale dei matematici (Roma, 6–11 Aprile 1908). vol. 3. pp. 310–326. |volume= has extra text (help)
  6. ^ List of ASA Fellows, retrieved 2016-07-16.
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