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Harding Professor of Statistics in Public Life

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The Harding Professorship of Statistics in Public Life (formerly known as the Winton Professorship of the Public Understanding of Risk) is a professorship within the Statistical Laboratory of the University of Cambridge.[1] It was established in 2007 in perpetuity by a benefaction of £3.3m from the Winton Charitable Foundation,[2] later known as the David and Claudia Harding Foundation. It is the only professorship of its type in the United Kingdom.[3] There is an associated internet-based program devoted to understanding uncertainty.[4]

List of Harding Professors

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Statutes and Ordinances of University of Cambridge
  2. ^ "'Risk professor' to help public", BBC News, 2007-01-16, retrieved 2009-12-31
  3. ^ Henderson, Mark (2009-01-05), "Probability lessons", The Times, London, archived from the original on June 1, 2010
  4. ^ Understanding uncertainty
  5. ^ Hyams, Stephen (5 May 2016). "Meet the performing statistician". The Actuary. Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  6. ^ Rathi, Akshat (26 March 2016). "A Cambridge professor on how to stop being so easily manipulated by misleading statistics". Quartz. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  7. ^ https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2020-21/weekly/6595/6595.pdf
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  • [1] £20 million donation to revolutionise physics research
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