specializing in Bayesian inference. Smith obtained his first degree at Cambridge U in 1968 and his PhD (supervised by Lindley) from UCL in 1971. He held faculty appointments at Oxford U (1971), UCL (1974), U Nottingham (1977), and IC (1980). From 1988 to 1998 he was Principal of QMUL. After a period as a civil servant he was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of London in 2012. President of the RSS in 1995, Smith had been awarded its Guy Medal in Bronze in 1977, in Silver in 1993, and in Gold in 2016. He was elected FRS in 2001. He was the COPSS Fisher Lecturer in 2003. He was knighted in 2011.
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