Hugh Herbert Wolfenden

Hugh Herbert Wolfenden (Pangbourne, Berkshire, 13 de janeiro de 1892Seattle, 26 de maio de 1968) foi um atuário e estatístico canadense, conhecido primariamente como professor e historiador da pesquisa estatística de Erastus De Forest.[1]

Wolfenden foi palestrante convidado do Congresso Internacional de Matemáticos em Toronto (1924).[2]

Publicações selecionadas

Artigos

  • "On the methods of comparing the moralities of two or more communities, and the standardization of death-rates." Journal of the Royal Statistical Society 86, no. 3 (1923): 399–411. doi:10.2307/2341622
  • "On the theoretical and practical considerations underlying the direct and indirect standardization of death rates." Population Studies 16, no. 2 (1962): 188–190. doi:10.1080/00324728.1962.10414876
  • "VI. The history and present position of health insurance discussions in the United States." Canadian Medical Association Journal 42, no. 4 (1940): 382–386. Predefinição:PubMed Central

Livros

  • Population statistics and their compilation. Actuarial Society of America, 1925, 144 pages.
    • Population statistics and their compilation. [Chicago] published by Univ. of Chicago Press for the Actuarial Soc. of America, 1954, 258 pages.
  • Real meaning of social insurance; its present status and tendencies. Toronto, The Macmillan Company of Canada limited, 1932, 227 pages.
  • Unemployment funds; a survey and proposal; a study of unemployment insurance and other types of funds for the financial assistance of the unemployed. Toronto, The Macmillan Company of Canada, 1934, 229 pages.
  • Employment and social insurance act; Ottawa, J. O. Patenaude, 1935.
  • Canadian medical association and the problems of medical economics; a series of articles by Hugh H. Wolfenden ... With a foreword by Dr. Wallace Wilson. Toronto, The Murray Printing Co., limited, 1941.
  • Fundamental principles of mathematical statistics, New York, published by The Macmillan Company of Canada limited for the Actuarial Soc. of America, 1942.

Referências

  1. «Obituary. Hugh Herbert Wolfenden». Transactions of the Society of Actuaries (em inglês). vol. 20, pt. 1 (no. 58): 489. 1968 
  2. Wolfenden, Hugh H. (1925). «On the development of formulae for graduation by linear compounding, with special reference to the work of Erastus L. De Forest» (PDF). Actuarial Society of America. 26: 81–121. Consultado em 17 de dezembro de 2017. Arquivado do original (PDF) em 1 de dezembro de 2017