Leon Isserlis
| Leon Isserlis | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 1881 Boguslav, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine) |
| Died | 14 March 1966 (aged 85) |
| Residence | Russian Empire, United Kingdom |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater |
University of Cambridge, University College London |
| Known for | Isserlis’ theorem |
| Awards | Guy Medal (Silver, 1939) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistician |
| Institutions |
West Ham Technical Institute, Chamber of Shipping |
| Doctoral advisor | Karl Pearson |
Leon Isserlis (1881–1966) was a Russian-born British statistician known for his work on the exact distribution of sample moments, including Isserlis’ theorem. He also brought to the attention of British statisticians the work of Russian mathematicians and statisticians, including Chebyshev and Chuprov.
He was born in Boguslav near Kiev in June 1881 and was a direct descendant of the eminent rabbi Moses Isserles. He moved to Britain when he was ten years old with his widowed mother, an elder brother and two sisters. He attended the City of London School and won an open scholarship to study mathematics at Christ's College, Cambridge. Upon leaving Cambridge in 1904 he was appointed head of mathematics at the West Ham Municipal Technical Institute (one of the forerunners of the University of East London). He also registered as a research student at University College London, where he studied under Karl Pearson, and was awarded a D.Sc. in 1916. In March 1920 he moved to become statistician to the Chamber of Shipping and remained there until his retirement in 1942, when his position as statistician was taken by Maurice Kendall.
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