Robert C. Elston (born ) is a British born statistical geneticist and distinguished professor emeritus at Case Western Reserve University. He is one of the eponyms of the Elston–Stewart algorithm and Haseman–Elston regression. Life Elston was born in London, England in 1932. In the 1970s he worked with John Stewart to create the Elston–Stewart algorithm which enables researchers to estimate the likelihood of genotype data given a pedigree. In 1980s Elston was working at the Louisiana State University Medical School in New Orleans working on statistical genetics. Elston left LSU for Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland in 1995 taking other staff with him. References Bibliography External links Living people Case Western Reserve University faculty Genetic epidemiologists Fellows of the American Statistical Association Biostatisticians Cornell University alumni Alumni of the University of Cambridge 1932 births British epidemiologists English geneticists Statistical geneticists English statisticians English emigrants to the United States