Harold Hotelling

Statistician, Academic

1895 – 1973

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Who was Harold Hotelling?

Harold Hotelling was a mathematical statistician and an influential economic theorist. He was Associate Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University from 1927 until 1931, a member of the faculty of Columbia University from 1931 until 1946, and a Professor of Mathematical Statistics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1946 until his death. A street in Chapel Hill bears his name. In 1972 he received the North Carolina Award for contributions to science.

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Born
Sep 29, 1895
Fulda
Also known as
  • Хотеллинг, Гарольд
  • 哈羅德·霍特林
Religion
  • Methodism
  • United Methodist Church
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Princeton University
  • University of Washington
Died
Dec 26, 1973
Chapel Hill

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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