David Blackwell
American statistician and mathematician
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David Harold Blackwell was an American statistician and mathematician who made significant contributions to game theory, probability theory, information theory, and statistics. He is one of the eponyms of the Rao–Blackwell theorem. Wikipedia
Born: April 24, 1919, Centralia, IL
Died: July 8, 2010 (age 91 years), Alta Bates Summit Medical Center | Summit Campus, Oakland, CA
Education: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (1935–1941)
Children: Grover Johnson Blackwell, Ruth Blackwell Herch, Julia Madison Blackwell, and more
Spouse: Ann Madison Blackwell (m. 1944–2006)