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(1923–  ; b. Wigan, England) English statistician noted for his co–authorship of the 1950 paper introducing the Durbin–Watson statistic. Durbin's mathematical studies at Cambridge U were interrupted by the Second World War, during which he did simple statistical work. On his return to Cambridge U he concentrated on statistics, researching in econometrics. He joined the LSE in 1950 where he was Professor of Statistics from 1961 to 1988. He was awarded the Guy Medal in Silver of the RSS in 1976 and in Gold in 2008, having been President of the Society in 1986. He was President of the International Statistical Institute in 1985 and is an Honorary Life Member of the Institute.


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James Durbin
Born 1923 (age 85–86)
Residence United Kingdom
Citizenship United Kingdom
Fields statistics, econometrics
Institutions London School of Economics
Alma mater St John's College, Cambridge
Known for time series analysis, serial correlation
Notable awards Guy Medal in Gold (2008)

James Durbin (born 1923) is a British statistician and econometrician, known particularly for his work on time series analysis and serial correlation.

He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge where his contemporaries included David Cox and Denis Sargan. He joined the London School of Economics in 1950 and was appointed professor of statistics in 1961, a post he held until his retirement in 1988.

He served as president of the International Statistical Institute in 1983–5 and of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) in 1986–7. In 2008 he was awarded the highest distinction of the RSS, the Guy Medal in Gold (having previously been awarded both the Silver and Bronze medals). The citation read:

“ The Guy Medal in Gold is awarded to Professor James Durbin FBA for a life-time of highly influential contributions which have given him outstanding international recognition as a leader in our field, taking particular account of his pioneering work on testing for serial correlation in regression, on estimating equations, on Brownian motion and other processes crossing curved boundaries, on goodness of fit tests with estimated parameters, and on many aspects of time series analysis especially in areas relevant to econometrics, and also his remarkable service to the wider statistical profession on the international stage.

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  1. ^ "LSE — Statistics — News". http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/statistics/news.htm. Retrieved on 2008-02-28. 

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