title: Major Greenwood (1880-1949): a biographical and bibliographical study.
abstract: Major Greenwood was the foremost medical statistician of the first half of the 20th century in the U.K. Trained in both medicine and statistics, his career extended over 45 years during which he published eight books, 23 extensive reports and over 200 papers. His classical education extended to Latin and Greek, and he was fluent in German and French. We provide an overview of his life including family background, training and his career subdivided according to the places where he worked. We describe in particular the key role he played with others in the development of medical statistics within the Medical Research Council, the General Register Office, the Department of Health and the Universities.
authors.affiliation: MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0SR, U.K.
authors.forename: Vern
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Farewell
authors.affiliation: MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Aviation House, 125 Kingsway, London, WC2B 6NH, U.K.
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D004813:Epidemiology; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008131:London; D012108:Research Personnel
keywords: Lister Institute; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Major Greenwood; Medical Research Council; Ministry of Health; medical statistics