Alexander Tulloch
Encyclopedia
Major-General Sir Alexander Tulloch K.C.B. (1803 – 16 May 1864) was a British soldier and a statistician. He was a Fellow of the Statistical Society and worked with Surgeon-General
Henry Marshall and Sir Graham Balfour
on army statistics
. In the 1850s he went with Sir John McNeill
to the Crimea
, and worked with Florence Nightingale
.
Surgeon-General (United Kingdom)
The Surgeon-General is the senior medical officer of the British Armed Forces; the post is held by the senior of the three individual service medical directors....
Henry Marshall and Sir Graham Balfour
Sir Graham Balfour
Sir Graham Balfour was a noted educationalist and son of Surgeon General Thomas Graham Balfour, who worked closely with Florence Nightingale.-Biography and links with RLS:...
on army statistics
Statistics
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
. In the 1850s he went with Sir John McNeill
John McNeill (diplomat)
Sir John McNeill, GCB, PC, FRSE, FRAS was a Scottish surgeon and diplomat.-Early life:McNeill was born at Oronsay House, Argyll...
to the Crimea
Crimea
Crimea , or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name...
, and worked with Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale OM, RRC was a celebrated English nurse, writer and statistician. She came to prominence for her pioneering work in nursing during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers. She was dubbed "The Lady with the Lamp" after her habit of making rounds at night...
.