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John Tukey

John Wilder Tukey

American mathematician (1915-2000).

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Occupation

Politician
Statistician
University Teacher
Computer Scientist
Chemist

Member Of

Royal Society
 (1991)
Point in Time
: 1991
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
 (1964)
Point in Time
: 1964
National Academy of Sciences
 (1961 - )
Start Time
: 1961
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
 (1946 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Start Time
: 1946
American Philosophical Society
 (1962 - )
Start Time
: 1962

Date of Birth

6/16/1915

Date of Death

7/26/2000

Place of Birth

New Bedford

Country of Citizenship

United States

Instance Of

Human

Place of Death

New Brunswick

Award Received

Guggenheim Fellowship
 (1949)
Point in Time
: 1949
Wilks Memorial Award
 (1965)
Point in Time
: 1965
IEEE Medal of Honor
 (1982)
Point in Time
: 1982
National Medal of Science
 (1973)
Point in Time
: 1973
Shewhart Medal
 (1976)
Point in Time
: 1976
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
 (6/20/1991)
Point in Time
: 6/20/1991
James Madison Medal
 (1984)
Point in Time
: 1984
Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
 (1946)
Point in Time
: 1946

Educated At

Brown University
 ( - 1937)
End Time
: 1937
Princeton University
 (1937 - 1939)
Start Time
: 1937
End Time
: 1939

Employer

Princeton University
 (1939 - 1985)
Start Time
: 1939
End Time
: 1985
Bell Labs
 (1945 - 1985)
Start Time
: 1945
End Time
: 1985

Given Name

John

Doctoral Advisor

Solomon Lefschetz

Place of Burial

Princeton Cemetery
Coordinate Location
: 40.3544°N 74.6599°W

Family Name

Tukey

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

Spanish
English

Sex or Gender

Male

Cause of Death

Infarction

Field of Work

Physical Chemistry
Computer Science

Name in Native Language

John Tukey

Described by Source

John Wilder Tukey. 16 June 1915 - 26 July 2000

Birth Name

John Wilder Tukey

Manner of Death

Natural Causes

Academic Thesis

On Denumerability in Topology
URL
:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url
Publication Date
: 1939

Notable Work

Teichmüller–Tukey Lemma
Cooley–Tukey FFT Algorithm
Tukey Lambda Distribution
Tukey Depth
Tukey–Duckworth Test
Siegel–Tukey Test
Tukey's Test of Additivity
Blackman–Tukey Transformation

Father

Ralph Hermon Tukey
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