John Wishart (statistician)
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John Wishart FRSE (28 November 1898 – 14 July 1956) was a Scottish mathematician and agricultural statistician.
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John Wishart | |
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Born | (1898-11-28)28 November 1898 Montrose, Scotland |
Died | 14 July 1956(1956-07-14) (aged 57) Acapulco, Mexico |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh University of Cambridge University College London |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Rothamsted Experimental Station University of Cambridge |
Doctoral advisor | Karl Pearson |
Doctoral students | M. S. Bartlett William Gemmell Cochran Herman Otto Hartley |
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He gave his name to the Wishart distribution in statistics.[1]