John Wilder Tukey

1915 - 2000

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John Tukey introduced the Fast Fourier Transform and worked in other areas of Statistics.
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List of References (21 books/articles)

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Mathematicians born in the same country

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  1. Obituary: The Guardian
  2. Obituary: The New York Times

Honours awarded to John Tukey
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Wilks Award of the ASS1965
SIAM John von Neumann Lecture1985
RSS Honorary Fellowships1986
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Other Web sites
  1. John Tukey Memorial Site
  2. University of Minnesota
  1. H Kohler
  2. Mathematical Genealogy Project
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