John Tukey

John Tukey

John Wilder Tukey was an American mathematician and statistician, best known for the development of the fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm and the box plot. The Tukey range test, the Tukey lambda distribution, the Tukey test of additivity, and the Teichmüller–Tukey lemma all bear his name. He is also credited with coining the term bit and the first published use of the word software.

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Lifespan
1915 – 2000
Quotes
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Career Journey

Background

Born in
New Bedford
Educated at
Princeton UniversityBrown University
Awards
🏆 Foreign Member of the Royal Society🏆 James Madison Medal🏆 Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Doctoral Advisors
🎓 Solomon Lefschetz
Doctoral Students
📖 Robert P. Abelson📖 Frederick Mosteller

Timeline

  • 1915

    Born

    Birth
  • 2000

    Died

    Death

Family & Connections

father:
Ralph Hermon Tukey

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