more space to statistical theory. The following excerpt illustrates his approach Bowley's Pearsonian approach to chi-squared on the Life and Work of Statisticians page. This was written just before Bowley got involved in the controversy between Fisher and Pearson on chi-squared. In the fifth edition (1926) Bowley added a reference to his own contribution. For Bowley's contribution to sampling theory put in historical perspective see Part D: A Review of Statistical Sampling from Laplace to Neyman 1869 births 1957 deaths Scientists from Bristol People educated at Christ's Hospital Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge English economists English statisticians Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Knights Bachelor Academics of the London School of Economics Fellows of the Econometric Society Presidents of the Econometric Society Presidents of the Royal Statistical Society