John Tukey American Mathematician
John Tukey is a 85 years old American Mathematician from New Bedford, Massachusetts. John Tukey was born on June 16, 1915 (died on July 26, 2000, he was 85 years old) in New Bedford, Massachusetts. His nickname was Tukey John Wilder.
About
No, he died on 07/26/2000, 23 years ago. He was 85 years old when he died. Cause of death: infarction. He died in New Brunswick and buried in Princeton Cemetery .
Awards (6)
Awarded National Medal of Science in 1972 , awarded IEEE Medal of Honor in 1981 , awarded Wilks Memorial Award , awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society , awarded John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship ,
Education
He graduated from Princeton University and Brown University
What was John's zodiac sign?John Tukey zodiac sign was gemini.
Other facts about John Tukey
| Alias | Tukey John Wilder |
|---|---|
| AlmaMater | Brown University, Princeton University |
| Award | Statistics, Royal Society, Shewhart Medal, National Medal of Science, IEEE Medal of Honor |
| Place of death | New Brunswick |
| KnownFor | Bit, Exploratory data analysis, Box plot, Cooley–Tukey FFT algorithm |
| Nationality | United States |
| Residence | United States |
| Member of | American Academy Of Arts And Sciences |
| Country of citizenship | United States Of America |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | Spanish |
| Given name | John |
| Doctoral student | Paul Meier |
| Place of birth | New Bedford |
| Cause of death | Infarction |
| Place of burial | Princeton Cemetery |
| Doctoral advisor | Solomon Lefschetz |
| Employer | Princeton University |
| Date of death | 2000-07-26T00:00:00Z |
| National Library of Israel identifier | 000561866 |
| Family name | Tukey. Show people with the surname Tukey |
| Libris-URI | Rp36brj90l2lqr2 |
| Erdős number | 2 |
| MacTutor id (biographies) | Tukey |
| Field of work | Computer Science |
| Name in native language | John Tukey |
