John Tukey Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, DOB(Famous Birthday), Family, Wife, Net Worth

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John Tukey (John Wilder Tukey)

Last Updated: 15 Jun, 2023 | Views: 361

Age: 85

Profession: Scientist

Other Profession(s): Statistician

Famous For: Development Of The Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) Algorithm And Box Plot

Higher Education: Brown University (BA, MSc) Princeton University (PhD)

John Tukey Birth Date, Sign, Religion, Nationality, Hometown

Date of Birth

16 Jun, 1915 (85 Years 01 Month 10 Days)

Birth Country

United States

Birth State/Province

Massachusetts

Birth District

New Bedford

Birth Sign

Gemini

Religion

Christianity

Nationalities

American

Died on

26 Jul, 2000

Cause of Death

Heart Attack

John Tukey Early life, Education, Career, Awards, Achievements, Controversy, Unknown Facts

About (Profile/Biography):
John Wilder Tukey was born on June 16, 1915, and died on July 26, 2000. He was an American mathematician and statistician who developed the fast Fourier Transform algorithm and box plot. He is the author of the Tukey range test, the Tukey lambda distribution, the Tukey test of additivity, and the Teichmüller–Tukey lemma. The terms 'bit' and 'software' were also coined by him. Tutored privately by his father, Tukey was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He mostly learned from his mother and only attended regular classes for certain subjects, like French.
John Tukey Career:
• The American Philosophical Society elected Tukey in 1962. When he was 35, he was promoted to full professor and became the first chairman of Princeton's statistics department.

• The projection pursuit concept was developed by him and Jerome H. Friedman in 1974.

• The word "bit" was coined by Tukey as a portmanteau of "binary digits," which he was working on with John von Neumann when they designed early computer systems. Claude Shannon coined the term "bit" in 1948.
• The jackknife, also known as the Quenouille-Tukey jackknife, was developed with his assistance in 1970.

• His 1977 book, Exploratory Data Analysis, introduced the box plot.

• John Tukey retired in 1985. His body was found in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on July 26, 2000.
John Tukey Awards & Achievements
1973: National Medal of Science
1982: IEEE Medal of Honor
John Tukey Unknown Facts:
• John Tukey was an incredibly prolific writer, publishing numerous papers and books during his career. The Future of Data Analysis and Exploratory Data Analysis, which remain essential references in the field of statistics, are examples of his influential works.
• A huge part of Tukey's contribution to data analysis was to promote its use in various scientific fields. His emphasis was on the importance of statistical thinking and the need for rigorous analysis in disciplines such as biology, social sciences, and engineering. Through his efforts, statistics was bridged to other scientific fields.

John Tukey Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, DOB(Famous Birthday), Family, Wife, Net Worth

John Tukey (John Wilder Tukey)

John Tukey Birth Date, Sign, Religion, Nationality, Hometown