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PROF. MAJOR GREENWOOD'S retirement from the chair of epidemiology and vital statistics in the University of London marks the close of an epoch. Beginning his professional career as a physiologist at the London Hospital Medical College, the study of vital statistics early appealed to him. In addition fco making advances in the mathematical study of the subject, he applied his knowledge as a touchstone to medical investigation. As statistician to the Lister Institute and, later, as chairman of the Statistical Committee of the Medical Research Council, his severe and wise scrutiny of data gave medical statistics a new meaning and elevated the standards of research Into countless medical problems. During the War of 1914–18, he was in charge of the Medical Kesearch Subsection of the Ministry of Munitions. "The Health of the Industrial Worker", written with Prof. Collis, records much of this work. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine was fortunate in securing his services in 1926, and he was made a fellow of the Royal Society in 1928. At the London School of Hygiene he soon gathered around him a band of workers trained in his special methods, while his teaching was highly valued by his students.
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Prof. Major Greenwood, F.R.S.. Nature 156, 43 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156043a0
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