P. A. P. Moran

Pat Moran
Pat Moran
	Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran
Born	14 July 1917; King's Cross, Sydney, Australia
Died	19 September 1988 (aged 71); Canberra, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Alma mater	University of Sydney; University of Cambridge
Known for	Population genetics
Parents	Herbert Michael Moran (father); Eva Mann (mother);
Awards	Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal (1963), Fellow of the Royal Society
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematician
Institutions	CSIRO; Oxford University; ANU
Doctoral advisor	Abram Besicovitch
Doctoral students	Warren Ewens; Edward J. Hannan; Chris Heyde; Charles E. M. Pearce; Eugene Seneta; Susan R. Wilson; and about 16 others;

Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran FRS (14 July 1917 – 19 September 1988) was an Australian statistician who made significant contributions to probability theory and its application to population and evolutionary genetics.

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