Born: July 22, 1926, East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Died: December 23, 2016, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Higher Education: MA in Mathematics at University of Edinburg (Edinburg, Scotland, United Kingdom).

Main Publications: 

• The Lognormal Distribution, Aitchison, J. and Brown, J.A.C. (1957)
• Solving Problems in Statistics Volume 1 (1968)
• Choice Against Chance: An Introduction to Statistical Decision Theory (1970)
• Solving Problems in Statistics Volume 2 (1972)
• Statistical Prediction Analysis, Aitchison, J. and Dunsmore, I.R. (1975)
• The Statistical Analysis of Compositional Data, Aitchison, J. (1986)
• Statistical Concepts and Applications in Clinical Medicine, Aitchison J, Kay J.W and Lawde I.J (2004).

Knows for:

• lognormal distribution
• logratio approach to compositional data analysis.