Richard Peto

Sir Richard Peto (born May 14, 1943 ) is a British statistician and epidemiologist .

Career

Peto attended Taunton's College in Southampton before studying science at the University of Cambridge . He received his MSc in Statistics in 1967 from the University of London . He has been at the University of Oxford since 1969 . There he was appointed Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology in 1992.

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Peto made decisive contributions to the development of meta-analysis . For this achievement he became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1989 . The Peto's paradox ("Peto's Paradox") bears his name. Peto worked on the British Doctors Study from 1971 until the end of 2001.

Peto is known for his work against tobacco smoking . For example, Peto has calculated that “the free distribution of cigarettes to British soldiers in World War I cost more victims over the decades than the war itself.” Peto also stated that “Smoking caused more cancer than medicine has ever healed. "

Around 500 publications bear Peto's name. He is among the top 20 most cited medical researchers in the world.

Awards

1986: Guy medal in silver
since 1989: Fellow of the Royal Society
1992: Gairdner Foundation International Award
1994: Médaille de la Ville de Paris
1999: beaten to Knight Bachelor
2000: Finnish academic in science (Tieteen akateemikko)
2000: Prince Mahidol Prize
2002: Royal Medal in Mathematics
2002: Charles S. Mott Prize
2005: König Faisal Prize
2008: AH Heineken Prize for Medicine
2009: Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Prize for Cancer Research together with Nubia Muñoz
2013: Pasarow Award
2014: Richard Doll Prize in Epidemiology

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Brupbacher Prize to Nubia Muñoz and Sir Richard Peto Science Information Service, February 12, 2009
↑ U. Keil: More protection for non-smokers. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of November 3, 2003@1@ 2

↑ Laureate for the Heineken Prize ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on May 20, 2009 @1@ 2

↑ Queen's Birthday Honors, June 18, 1999

↑ Laureates Heineken Prizes announced in 2008. ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 421 kB) accessed on May 20, 2009 @1@ 2

personal data
SURNAME	Peto, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British statistician and epidemiologist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 14, 1943

[1] Brupbacher Prize to Nubia Muñoz and Sir Richard Peto Science Information Service, February 12, 2009

[2] U. Keil: More protection for non-smokers. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of November 3, 2003@1@ 2

[3] Laureate for the Heineken Prize ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on May 20, 2009 @1@ 2

[4] Queen's Birthday Honors, June 18, 1999

[5] Laureates Heineken Prizes announced in 2008. ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 421 kB) accessed on May 20, 2009 @1@ 2