Swedish medical doctor, academic, statistician and public speaker From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hans Rosling (27 July 1948 – 7 February 2017)[1][2] was a Swedish medical doctor, academic, statistician, and public speaker.
Hans Rosling | |
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![]() Hans Rosling, in 2018 | |
Born | Uppsala, Sweden | 27 July 1948
Died | 7 February 2017 68) Uppsala, Sweden | (aged
Nationality | Swedish |
Alma mater | Uppsala University St. John's Medical College |
Known for | Gapminder Foundation Trendalyzer |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Karolinska Institutet |
Thesis | Cassava, Cyanide, and Epidemic Spastic Paraparesis: A Study in Mozambique on Dietary Cyanide Exposure (1986) |
He was the Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institutet[3] and was the co-founder and chairman of the Gapminder Foundation. He helped develop the Trendalyzer software system. He rose to international fame after producing a TED Talk[4] in which he promoted the use of data to explore development issues.[5]
Rosling died on 7 February 2017 in Uppsala, Sweden from pancreatic cancer, aged 68.[5]
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