Tim Holt (statistician)
David Holt CB (29 October 1943 – 15 November 2022) was a British statistician who was Professor Emeritus of Social Statistics at the University of Southampton.Holt took a maths degree and a PhD in statistics at Exeter with thesis titled Some contributions to the statistical analysis of single and mixed exponential distributions in 1970.Throughout his career, his main interests have been survey methods, sampling theory and official statistics.He carried out consultancy work for the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank and was elected president of the Royal Statistical Society in 2005.[1] Holt was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2000 New Year Honours.