Cuthbert Daniel
Cuthbert Daniel (August 27, 1904 – August 8, 1997) was an American industrial statistician.[1]
Daniel was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He obtained Bachelors and Masters degrees in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but became interested in statistics through reading Statistical Methods for Research Workers by R. A. Fisher.[1]
Daniel was awarded the R. A. Fisher Lectureship by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies in 1971, the Wilks Memorial Award by the American Statistical Association in 1974, and the Shewhart Medal by the American Society for Quality in 1991.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00031305.1998.10480546?journalCode=utas20#.VFvl4Ml9WYs
External links
- Hunter, J. S. (1998). "Cuthbert Daniel: Industrial Statistician". The American Statistician 52 (2): 89–92. doi:10.1080/00031305.1998.10480546.
- Mallows, Colin (2000). "Obituaries: Cuthbert Daniel, 1905–1997". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, (Series D): The Statistician 49: 111. doi:10.1111/1467-9884.00225.
- Tufte, Edward R. (1988). "A Conversation with Cuthbert Daniel". Statistical Science 3 (4): 413. doi:10.1214/ss/1177012760.