William Gemmell Cochran
Statistician, Author
1909 – 1980
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Who was William Gemmell Cochran?
William Gemmell Cochran was a prominent statistician; he was born in Scotland but spent most of his life in the United States.
Cochran studied mathematics at the University of Glasgow and the University of Cambridge. He worked at Rothamsted Experimental Station from 1934 to 1939 when he moved to the United States. There he helped establish several departments of statistics. His longest spell in any one university was at Harvard which he joined in 1957 and from which he retired in 1976.
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- Born
- Jul 15, 1909
Rutherglen - Also known as
- William G. Cochran
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Master of Arts, University of Glasgow
Natural philosophy
( - 1931) - Mathematics
- University of Cambridge
- Master of Arts, University of Glasgow
- Employment
- Harvard University
- Lived in
- Cape Cod
( - 1980/03/29)
- Cape Cod
- Died
- Mar 29, 1980
Orleans
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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