John Wilder Tukey (June 16, 1915 - July 26, 2000) was a statistician born in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Tukey obtained a B.A. in 1936 and M.Sc. in 1937, both in Chemistry, from Brown University, before moving to Princeton University where he received his Ph.D. in mathematics. During World War II, Tukey worked at the Fire Control Research Office and collaborated with Samuel Wilks and William Cochran. Wikipedia
John W. Tukey made unparalleled contributions to statistics and to science in general, during a long career at Bell Labs and Princeton University, and as consultant to government and industry. cm.bell-labs.com/cm/ms/departments/sia/tukey/index.html
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