John Tukey
American mathematical statistician
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John Wilder Tukey was an American mathematician and statistician, best known for the development of the fast Fourier Transform algorithm and box plot. The Tukey range test, the Tukey lambda distribution, the Tukey test of additivity, and the... Wikipedia
Born: June 16, 1915, New Bedford, MA
Died: July 26, 2000 (age 85 years), New Brunswick, NJ
Education: Princeton University (1937–1939) and Brown University (1936–1937)
Parents: Adah M. Tukey and Ralph H. Tukey
Spouse: Elizabeth Louise Rapp (m. 1950–1998)
Doctoral advisor: Solomon Lefschetz