Robert Henderson (24 May 1871, Russell, Ontario – 16 February 1942, Crown Point, New York) was a Canadian-American mathematician and actuary.
[1][2] Robert Henderson matriculated at age 16 at the University of Toronto and graduated there in 1891 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics.
He spent a year as a fellow of the University of Toronto and then in 1892 was employed at the Government Insurance Department in Ottawa until he left Canada in 1897.
Henderson worked in the field of actuarial science, including life insurance and its history, mortality tables, interpolation, cumulative frequency analysis, and moments.
[8] His will bequeathed to the AMS and two beneficiaries (co-heirs), the income from his estate,[9] approximately 4000 U.S. dollars annually.