David Blackwell
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 David Harold Blackwell |
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| Born | April 24, 1919 Centralia, Illinois, USA |
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| Residence | USA  |
| Nationality | American |
| Field | Mathematician |
| Institution | University of California, Berkeley |
| Alma Mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Academic Advisor | Joseph Leo Doob |
| Notable Students | Ashok Maitra |
| Known for | Rao–Blackwell theorem |
David Blackwell (born April 24, 1919) is Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the University of California, Berkeley, and is one of the eponyms of the Rao–Blackwell theorem.
[edit] External links
- O'Connor, John J., and Edmund F. Robertson. "David Blackwell". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
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