death_date death_place birth_place citizenship awards fields workplaces birth_date known_for residence image article_title name alma_mater
07 august 2010 luton , bedfordshire , england brushford , somerset , england united kingdom fellow medal -lrb- silver , 1977 -rrb- -lrb- gold , 2005 of -rrb- the royal society -lrb- 1976 -rrb- guy statistics national london vegetable research station rothamsted experimental station imperial college 08 october 1924 generalized , nelder -- mead algorithm , glim , genstat linear models , analysis of complex experimental designs united kingdom john_ashworth_nelder . jpg john nelder
 john ashworth nelder university of cambridge
john nelder

john ashworth nelder frs -lrb- 8 october 1924 -- 7 august 2010 -rrb- was a british statistician known for his contributions to experimental design , analysis of variance , computational statistics , and statistical theory .
