Gordon Foster
Irish creator of ISBN code / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Frederic Gordon Foster (24 February 1921 – 20 December 2010)[1] was an Irish computational engineer, statistician, professor, and college dean who is widely known for devising, in 1965, a nine-digit code upon which the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is based.[1]
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F. Gordon Foster | |
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Born | (1921-02-24)24 February 1921 |
Died | 20 December 2010(2010-12-20) (aged 89) |
Nationality | Irish |
Known for | Foster's theorem |
Scientific career | |
Doctoral advisor | David George Kendall |
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