John W. Tukey

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academic human mathematician statistician

John W. Tukey was an influential American mathematician and statistician best known for coining the term "bit," developing exploratory data analysis, and creating the box plot and the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm.

Aliases (1)

John Wilder Tukey ×1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → human → mathematician → statistician →
academicDegree	PhD in mathematics → bachelor's degree in chemistry →
awardReceived	IEEE Medal of Honor → National Medal of Science → Samuel S. Wilks Memorial Award →
coDeveloped	Cooley–Tukey Fast Fourier Transform algorithm →
coinedTerm	bit →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1915-06-16 →
dateOfDeath	2000-07-26 →
developedConcept	Tukey's biweight → Tukey's fences → Tukey's honestly significant difference test → Tukey's lambda distribution → Tukey's range test → box-and-whisker plot → exploratory data analysis → median polish → stem-and-leaf plot →
doctoralAdvisor	Solomon Lefschetz →
educatedAt	Brown University NERFINISHED → Princeton University →
employer	Bell Telephone Laboratories → Princeton University →
familyName	Tukey →
fieldOfWork	data analysis → mathematics → statistics →
fullName	John Wilder Tukey →
givenName	John →
knownFor	Fast Fourier Transform algorithm → box plot → coining the term "bit" → exploratory data analysis → multiple comparisons procedures → robust statistics → time series analysis →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America →
middleName	Wilder →
notableWork	Exploratory Data Analysis → The Future of Data Analysis →
occupation	research scientist → university professor →
placeOfBirth	New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States →
placeOfDeath	New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED →
sexOrGender	male →
workedOn	time series analysis at Bell Labs →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
John W. Tukey ("John Wilder Tukey") →	fullName
University of Wisconsin–Madison →	hasNotableFaculty