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John Wilder Tukey (/ ˈ t uː k i /; June 16, 1915 – July 26, 2000) was an American mathematician and statistician, best known for the development of the fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm and box plot.
Jul 26, 2000 · Quick Info. Born. 16 June 1915. New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. Died. 26 July 2000. Princeton, New Jersey, USA. Summary. John Tukey introduced the Fast Fourier Transform and worked in other areas of Statistics. View three larger pictures. Biography.
As a chemist-turned-topologist-turned statistician, John Wilder Tukey played a key role in the development and study of statistics in the mid 1900's. The field of statistics has benefited tremendously from his contributions. J. W. Tukey was born on July 16, 1915, in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Learn about the life and achievements of John Wilder Tukey, a renowned statistician, mathematician, and consultant. He worked on topics such as stereoscopic rangefinders, enigma code-breaking, and exploratory data analysis.
Jul 28, 2000 · John Wilder Tukey, one of the most influential statisticians of the last 50 years and a wide-ranging thinker credited with inventing the word ''software,'' died on Wednesday in New Brunswick, N.J.
After R.A. Fisher, John Tukey was surely the most influential statistician of the twentieth century. Trained originally as a chemist and as a mathematician, Tukey contributed to almost every subfield of statistics and invented several of them.
John Wilder Tukey was an American mathematician and statistician, best known for the development of the fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm and box plot. The Tukey range test, the Tukey lambda distribution, the Tukey test of additivity, and the Teichmüller–Tukey lemma all bear his name.
