# Roger Mead

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English statistician (1938–2015)

**Roger Mead** (1938 – 10 August 2015) was an English [statistician](/source/Statistician) and Emeritus Professor of Applied Statistics at the [University of Reading](/source/University_of_Reading).[1] He is known for his paper with [John Nelder](/source/John_Nelder) on the widely-used [Nelder–Mead method](/source/Nelder%E2%80%93Mead_method)[2] and for his work on statistical methods for [agriculture](/source/Agriculture) and the [design of experiments](/source/Design_of_experiments).[1][3] He was made an Honorary Life Member of the [International Biometric Society](/source/International_Biometric_Society) in 2014.[3]

## Books

- *Statistical methods in agriculture and experimental biology* (with Robert Curnow). 1983 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780412242304](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780412242304)

- *The design of experiments: statistical principles for practical applications*. 1988 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780521245128](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780521245128)

- *Statistical principles for the design of experiments: applications to real experiments* (with Steven G. Gilmour and Andrew Mead). 2012 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0521862140](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0521862140)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-reading_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-reading_1-1) University of Reading (17 August 2015). ["Professor Roger Mead (1938 - 2015) - University of Reading"](https://www.reading.ac.uk/internal/staffportal/news/articles/spsn-642356.aspx). *www.reading.ac.uk*. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Nelder, J. A.; Mead, R. (1 January 1965). ["A Simplex Method for Function Minimization"](https://academic.oup.com/comjnl/article-abstract/7/4/308/354237?redirectedFrom=fulltext). *The Computer Journal*. **7** (4): 308–313. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/comjnl/7.4.308](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fcomjnl%2F7.4.308). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0010-4620](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0010-4620).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-biometric_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-biometric_3-1) ["Death of Roger Mead"](https://members.biometricsociety.org/about/our-history/honorary-membership/roger-mead). The International Biometric Society. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

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