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Richard Peto Information

Sir Richard Peto FRS (born 1943) is Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology at the University of Oxford.

He attended Taunton's School in Southampton and subsequently studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge University.

His career has included important collaborations with Richard Doll beginning at the Medical Research Council Statistical Research Unit in London.

He set up the Clinical Trial Service Unit (CTSU) in Oxford in 1975 and is currently co-director.

He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1989 for his contributions to the development of meta-analysis. He is a leading expert on deaths related to tobacco use.

His brother Julian Peto, with whom he has published work in mathematical statistics (see Logrank test), is also a distinguished epidemiologist.

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Guy Medalists
Gold Medalists
1892: Charles Booth · 1894: Robert Giffen · 1900: J. Athelstane Baines · 1907: Francis Ysidro Edgeworth · 1908: Patrick G. Craigie · 1911: G. Udny Yule · 1920: T.H.C. Stevenson · 1930: A. William Flux · 1935: A.L. Bowley · 1945: Major Greenwood · 1946: R.A. Fisher · 1953: A. Bradford Hill · 1955: E.S. Pearson · 1960: Frank Yates · 1962: Harold Jeffreys · 1966: Jerzy Neyman · 1968: M.G. Kendall · 1969: M.S. Bartlett · 1972: Harald Cramér · 1973: David Cox · 1975: G.A. Barnard · 1978: Roy Allen · 1981: D.G. Kendall · 1984: Henry Daniels · 1986: Bernard Benjamin · 1987: Robin L. Plackett · 1990: Peter Armitage · 1993: George E.P. Box · 1996: Peter Whittle · 1999: Michael Healy · 2002: D.V. Lindley · 2005: John Nelder · 2008: James Durbin
Silver Medalists
1893: John Glover · 1894: Augustus Sauerbeck · 1895: A.L. Bowley · 1897: F.J. Atkinson · 1899: C.S. Loch · 1900: Richard Crawford · 1901: Thomas A. Welton · 1902: R.H. Hooker · 1903: Yves Guyot · 1904: D.A. Thomas · 1905: R.H. Rew · 1906: W.H. Shaw · 1907: N.A. Humphreys · 1909: Edward Brabrook · 1910: G.H. Wood · 1913: R. Dudfield · 1914: S. Rowson · 1915: S.J. Chapman · 1918: J. Shield Nicholson · 1919: J.C. Stamp · 1921: A.W. Flux · 1927: H.W. Macrosty · 1928: Ethel Newbold · 1930: H.E. Soper · 1934: J.H. Jones · 1935: E.C. Snow · 1936: R.G. Hawtrey · 1938: E.C. Ramsbottom · 1939: L. Isserlis · 1940: H. Leak · 1945: M.G. Kendall · 1950: H. Campion · 1951: F.A.A. Menzler · 1952: M.S. Bartlett · 1953: J.O. Irwin · 1954: L.H.C. Tippett · 1955: D.G. Kendall · 1957: Henry Daniels · 1958: G.A. Barnard · 1960: E.C. Fieller · 1961: D.R. Cox · 1962: P.V. Sukhatme · 1964: George Box · 1965: C.R. Rao · 1966: Peter Whittle · 1968: D.V. Lindley · 1973: R.L. Plackett · 1976: James Durbin · 1977: John Nelder · 1978: Peter Armitage · 1979: Michael Healy · 1980: M. Stone · 1981: John Kingman · 1982: H.P. Wynn · 1983: J.E. Besag · 1984: J.C. Gittins · 1985: A. Bissell, W. Pridmore · 1986: Richard Peto · 1987: John Copas · 1988: J. Aitchison · 1989: F.P. Kelly · 1990: David Clayton · 1991: R.L. Smith · 1992: Robert Curnow · 1993: A.F.M. Smith · 1994: David Spiegelhalter · 1995: B.W. Silverman · 1996: Stephan Lauritzen · 1997: Peter Diggle · 1998: Harvey Goldstein · 1999: Peter Green · 2000: Walter Gilks · 2001: Philip Dawid · 2002: David Hand · 2003: Kanti Mardia · 2004: Peter Donnelly · 2005: Peter McCullagh · 2006: Michael Titterington · 2007: Howell Tong · 2008: Gareth Roberts · 2009: Sylvia Richardson
Bronze Medalists
1936: William Gemmell Cochran · 1938: R.F. George · 1949: W.J. Jennett · 1962: Peter Armitage · 1966: James Durbin · 1967: F. Downton · 1968: Robin Plackett · 1969: M.C. Pike · 1970: P.G. Moore · 1971: D.J. Bartholomew · 1974: G.N. Wilkinson · 1975: A.F. Bissell · 1976: P.L. Goldsmith · 1977: A.F.M. Smith · 1978: Philip Dawid · 1979: T.M.F. Smith · 1980: A.J. Fox · 1982: S.J. Pocock · 1983: Peter McCullagh · 1984: Bernard Silverman · 1985: David Spiegelhalter · 1986: D.F. Hendry · 1987: Peter Green · 1988: S.C. Darby · 1989: S.M. Gore · 1990: V.S. Isham · 1991: M.G. Kenward · 1992: C. Jennison · 1993: J.A. Tawn · 1994: R.F.A. Poultney · 1995: I. Johnstone · 1996: J.N.S. Matthews · 1997: G.O. Roberts · 1998: D. Firth · 1999: P.W.F. Smith, J. Forster · 2000: J. Wakefield · 2001: Guy Nason · 2002: Geert Molenberghs · 2003: Peter Lynn · 2004: Nicola Best · 2005: Steve Brooks · 2006: Matthew Stephens · 2007: Paul Fearnhead · 2008: Fiona Steele · 2009: Chris Holmes
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