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David George Kendall

British statistician1918 to 2007

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Education and career6

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1928 to 1936
Ripon Grammar School
studied
1936 to 1939
The Queen's College
studied
1939 to 1945
Ministry of Supply
worked
1945 to 1946
T-Force
worked
1946 to 1962
Magdalen College
worked
1962 to 1985
Churchill College
worked

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known as: mathematician, statistician
fields: probability theory, queueing theory, statistics, mathematics, probability
awards: Fellow of the Royal Society, 1964, De Morgan Medal, 1989, Guy Medal in Gold, 1981, Guy Medal in Silver, 1955, Senior Whitehead Prize, 1980, Sylvester Medal, 1977, Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 1952, honorary doctor of Paris Descartes University, 1976
member of: Royal Society of London, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, from 1947, Romanian Academy
notable works: Kendall's notation
Wikipedia: in 13 languages

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stated by WikidataWikipediaDavid George Kendall
stated by WikidataWikidataQ1174535
stated by WikidataVIAF109342775
stated by WikidataGND172183251
stated by WikidataIdRef059373563
stated by WikidataISNI0000000120326591

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@misc{academicancestry_Q1174535,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{David George Kendall: advisors and students}},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q1174535}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (n.d.). David George Kendall: Advisors and students. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q1174535