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1833 |
The British Association for the Advancement of Science (BA) creates a statistics section, following a presentation by the Belgian statistician Adolphe Quetelet to fellows, including Thomas Malthus and Charles Babbage. |
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1834 |
The statistical section of British Association establishes a Statistical Society. First officer and Council elected, with Marquis of Lansdowne as President. |
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1838 |
Publication of a Journal. |
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1840 |
Prince Albert becomes the Society's Royal Patron. |
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1858 |
Florence Nightingale is the first elected female. |
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1887 |
The Society is granted a Royal Charter and becomes the Royal Statistical Society (RSS). |
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1928 |
Formation of the first study group (an early version of the Society's sections). |
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1930s |
Leading fellows include the economist J.M. Keynes and Sir William Beveridge, the intellectual godfather of the British welfare state. |
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1934 |
The publication of a supplemental journal on statistical methodology, which becomes a series in its own right in 1948. |
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1947 |
The Society's attempt to gain a supplemental charter to allow professional examinations is blocked by the Royal Economic Society. |
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1948 |
Society's first conference is held at St Hugh's College, Oxford. The Institute of Statisticians (IOS), an organisation dedicated to the interests of professional statisticians is formed. |
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1993 |
RSS and IOS merge, retaining the title of the Royal Statistical Society. |
