Robin Sibson Explained
Robin Sibson (4 May 1944 - 19 March 2017)[1] was a British mathematician and educator.
He was a fellow of King's College, Cambridge, professor of statistics at the University of Bath and then vice-chancellor of the University of Kent. He was chief executive of the Higher Education Statistics Agency from 2001[2] until 2009.[3] He was also a member of the Committee for Higher Education and Research (CC-HER), the predecessor to the Steering Committee for Higher Education and Research (CDESR).[4]
He died on 19 March 2017 at the age of 72.[5]
Research
He was the developer of natural neighbour interpolation on discrete sets of points in space.
Selected bibliography
Books
- Book: Sibson . Robin . Jardine . Nicholas . Mathematical taxonomy . Wiley . London, New York . 1971 . 9780471440505 .
Chapter in books
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Birthday's today. https://web.archive.org/web/20110505184900/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2011-5-4.html . dead . 5 May 2011 . The Telegraph. 26 April 2014. 4 May 2011. Prof Robin Sibson, Chief Executive, Higher Education Statistics Agency, 2001–09, 67 .
- Web site: Professor Robin Sibson appointed as new Chief Executive of HESA (press release 42). Higher Education Statistics Agency. 26 April 2014. 7 July 2000.
- Web site: Alison Allden appointed Chief Executive of HESA (press release 132). HESA. 26 April 2014. 14 April 2009.
- Web site: Universities as Sites of Citizenship. Council of Europe. 26 April 2014. As a follow-up to one of its preliminary contributions to the definition of the concept of citizenship, the CC-HER (Higher Education and Research Committee, predecessor of the CDESR) adopted, at its 6th plenary session on 16–18 March 1999, an outline project called “University as site of citizenship” and instructed its Bureau and its Secretariat to develop the project further..
- http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?n=robin-sibson&pid=184698038 Prof. Robin Sibson
