Norman Thomas John Bailey

Background

Bailey, Norman Thomas John was born on May 27, 1923 in London. Son of Thomas John and Gwendolin May (James) Bailey.

Education

Trinity College, Cambridge University, 1944, Bachelor of Arts, 1948, Diploma Mathematics, Statistics, 1948, Master of Arts. Oxford University, 1959, Doctor of Science. Spoken languages: English, French, German.

Career

Science officer signal division and operational research department, Admiralty, London, l943-46; statistician, Cambridge U. (England) Medical School, l948-53; division architectural studies, Nuffield Foundation, London, l953-54; reader biometry, Oxford (England) University, 1955-1966; professor biomathematics, Cornell Univercity Medical school and Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York City, l966-67; statistician, World Health Organization, Geneva, l967-73; chief statistician health statistical methodology unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, l974-83; professor medical informatics, U. Cantonal Hospital, Geneva, l98l-88; consultant biostatistics and medical informatics, Federal Office Public Health, Bern, Switzerland, l986-. Consultant statistics and operational research Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust, l950-53, Nuffield Foundation, l955-6l. Consultant statistics Elliott Medical Automation Ltd., London, l963-65.

Visiting professor department biostatistics Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, l96l, department statistics Stanford (California) U., l962.

Works

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  • The Biomathematics of Malaria (Mathematics in Medicine Series)

    (The only comprehensive reference in its field, this editi...)

  • The Biomathematics of Malaria (Mathematics in Medicine Series)

    (The only comprehensive reference in its field, this editi...)

  • The Biomathematics of Malaria 1982

    (A classic descriptive and mathematical epidemiological st...)

  • The Mathematical Theory of Infectious Diseases (2nd Edition)
  • Mathematics, Statistics and Systems for Health (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics - Applied Probability and Statistics Section)
  • Statistical Methods in Biology

Membership

Fellow Royal Statistical Society. Member Biometric Society, International Statistical Institute, American Statistical Association, International Epidemiological Association, Swiss Society for Medical Informatics, Swiss Statistical Society, World Health Organization Medical Society (vice president 1975-1983), New York Academy of Sciences.

Interests

• Avocations: literature, music, walking, cross-country skiing.

Connections

Married Jean Margaret Mackenzie, March l9, l959. Children: James, Michael.

Father:

Thomas John Bailey

Mother:

Gwendolin May (James) Bailey

Spouse:

Jean Margaret Mackenzie

child:

Michael Bailey

child:

James Bailey