Pierre Gy

Statistician, Author

1924 –

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Who is Pierre Gy?

Pierre Maurice Gy is a chemist and statistician. Born in Paris, France, to Felix and Clemence, Gy graduated in chemical engineering from ESPCI ParisTech in 1946.

On graduation, Gy worked as a chemical engineer for the Compagnie Minière du Congo Français, Congo, before returning to Paris in 1949 as a research engineer for the mining and processing trade organisation Minerais et Metaux. It was during this time that Gy began to address fundamental issues in sampling, especially those concerned with characterising industrial bulk chemicals, aggregates and chemical processes. Gy became head of the mineral processing laboratories and, by 1962, technical manager, during which time he continued to develop his sampling theory. Since 1963 he has worked as an industrial sampling consultant.

Gy received doctorates in physics and mathematics from the University of Nancy but has always worked outside the academic mainstream, publishing 9 books and over 175 papers, including:

SAMPLING OF PARTICULATE MATERIALS; theory and practice

Sampling of Heterogeneous and Dynamic Material Systems: Theories of Heterogeneity, Sampling and Homogenizing

Sampling for Analytical Purposes

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Jul 25, 1924
France
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on July 23, 2013

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