R. B. McCallum

Ronald Buchanan McCallum (28 August 1898 in Paisley, Renfrewshire – 18 May 1973 in Letcombe Regis, Berkshire) was a British historian. He was a fellow (and later Master) of Pembroke College, Oxford, where he taught modern history and politics and was a member of J. R. R. Tolkien's Inklings. McCallum helped popularize the term psephology (statistical analysis of elections).^[1]

^ Kurian, George (2011), "Psephology", The Encyclopedia of Political Science, Washington: CQ Press, pp. 1377–1378, doi:10.4135/9781608712434, ISBN 9781933116440, retrieved 10 February 2023