Cyril Goulden

Cyril Harold Goulden (2 June 1897, Bridgend – 4 February 1981, Ottawa) In 1900, the family moved to Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada, along with Thomas' brother William and his family. They were considered early pioneers of the area. where his parents remained until the mid-1930s, when they moved to Dunleath.

Career Upon finishing his PhD in 1925, Goulden was appointed Head of Cereal Breeding at the Dominion Rust Research Laboratory in Winnipeg. Early in his career, he became familiar with the "Fisherian school of statistics," eventually taking a sabbatical to study statistics under Fisher at the Rothamsted Experimental Station in summer 1930.

Over the course of his career, Goulden served as president of the Agricultural Institute of Canada (1955-56) and the International Biometric Society (1958), and was a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the American Statistical Association, and the International Biometric Society.

Awards and honours 1941: Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada 1956: Life Membership, Yorkton Acgricultural Society 1981: Honorary membership (posthumous), Statistical Society of Canada He died in Ottawa on 4 February 1981.