Frank Duckworth

Frank Carter Duckworth MBE (born 26 December 1939, in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire)[1] is a retired English statistician, and is one of the two statisticians who developed the Duckworth–Lewis method of resetting targets in interrupted one-day cricket matches.[2][3] He attended King Edward VII School, Lytham, now part of King Edward VII and Queen Mary School, [4] then went on to study physics (BSc Hons 1961) and earned a PhD (1965) in metallurgy, both at the University of Liverpool.[5] Prior to his retirement, he worked as a mathematical scientist for the English nuclear power industry.[6] He was a consultant statistician to the International Cricket Council,[7][8] and the editor of the Royal Statistical Society's monthly news magazine, RSS News, until he retired from both these roles in 2014.[9] He also served on the editorial board of Significance before stepping down in 2010. In 2004 he delivered the Royal Statistical Society Schools Lecture, entitled Lies and Statistics.[10]

Frank Carter Duckworth

MBE
Born (1939-12-26) 26 December 1939
Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
OccupationStatistician
Known forDuckworth–Lewis method, Risk perception

In 1962, Duckworth was a tenant of John Lennon's aunt.[11]

Duckworth is also known for developing a system of quantifying personal risk perception,[12] now known as the "Duckworth scale".[13]

Duckworth was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.[14]


References
  1. "Frank Duckworth — England". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  2. Longmore, Andrew (16 May 1999), "First Night: Duckworth–Lewis: The odd couple getting even with the weather", The Independent, London, retrieved 2 May 2010
  3. Richards, Huw (18 February 2003), "How two statisticians became stars", The New York Times, retrieved 2 May 2010
  5. University of Liverpool Alumni Newsletter:Queen's Birthday Honours list 2010, July 2010
  6. The D/L Method in One-day Cricket: Twelve years on Archived 2009-07-09 at the Wayback Machine. Announcement for talk by Duckworth at the Australian National University, 20 February 2009
  7. Duckworth to review D/L method, slams Indian rival, MSN, 17 June 2009, archived from the original on June 19, 2009
  8. "Duckworth, Lewis to attend World Cup Forum in Antigua", Jamaica Observer, 3 December 2005, archived from the original on July 9, 2009.
  9. RSS News Editorial Team Archived 2008-12-23 at the Wayback Machine, Royal Statistical Society.
  10. RSS Schools Lecture (Guy Lecture) Archived 2009-07-12 at the Wayback Machine and Past RSS Schools Lectures Archived 2009-07-12 at the Wayback Machine, Royal Statistical Society
  11. "Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis, the men who let it be right when it rains". The Times. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  12. Ezard, John (16 July 1999), "Riskometer measures life's ups and downs", The Guardian, London, retrieved 2 May 2010
  13. Belsky, Gary (8 September 2008), "Editor's blog", ESPN Magazine
  14. "No. 59446". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 2010. p. 15.
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