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David Blackwell

David Harold Blackwell

American mathematician (1919–2010).

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Statements about David Blackwell

Sex or Gender

Male

Occupation

Mathematician
Statistician
University Teacher

Field of Work

Probability Theory
Game Theory
Bayesian Statistics

Place of Birth

Centralia

Place of Death

Berkeley

Country of Citizenship

United States

Date of Birth

4/24/1919

Date of Death

7/8/2010

Instance Of

Human

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Cause of Death

Stroke

Award Received

John Von Neumann Theory Prize
(1979)
Point in Time
: 1979
National Medal of Science
(2012)
Point in Time
: 2012
Fellow of the American Statistical Association
(1962)
Point in Time
: 1962
Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
(1965)
Point in Time
: 1965
Honorary Doctor of Syracuse University
Honorary Doctor of the University of Michigan
(1969)
Point in Time
: 1969
Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
(1947)
Point in Time
: 1947

Educated At

University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
(1935 - 1941)
Start Time
: 1935
End Time
: 1941

Employer

University of California, Berkeley
(1954 - 1989)
Start Time
: 1954
End Time
: 1989
Howard University
(1944 - 1954)
Start Time
: 1944
End Time
: 1954
Institute for Advanced Study
(1941 - 1942)
Start Time
: 1941
End Time
: 1942
Southern University
(1942 - 1943)
Start Time
: 1942
End Time
: 1943
Clark College
(1943 - 1944)
Start Time
: 1943
End Time
: 1944

Given Name

David
Series Ordinal
:1
Harold
Series Ordinal
:2

Member Of

National Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Alpha Phi Alpha
American Philosophical Society
(1990 - )
Start Time
: 1990
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
(1947 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Start Time
: 1947

Manner of Death

Natural Causes

Doctoral Advisor

Joseph Leo Doob

Family Name

Blackwell

Described by Source

Obálky Knih
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Notable Work

Rao–Blackwell Theorem

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Birth Name

David Harold Blackwell

Position Held

Chairperson
(1956 - 1956)
Replaces
:
Henry Scheffé
Organization Directed by the Office or Position
:
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Start Time
: 1956
End Time
: 1956
Chairperson
(1975 - 1977)
Replaces
:
David George Kendall
Organization Directed by the Office or Position
:
Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability
Start Time
: 1975
End Time
: 1977

Academic Thesis

Ethnic Group

Black People
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Some Properties of Markoff Chains
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Publication Date
: 1941
A Renewal Theorem
Blackwell Channel
Replaced By
:
Alexander McFarlane Mood
Replaced By
:
Klaus Krickeberg