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John W. Pratt

American business academic; PhD Stanford 1956
Person human Q1701462

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[19]
Date of birth
September 11, 1931
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Occupation
mathematician, university teacher, statistician
Employer
Harvard University[9]
Field of work
commerce, management, risk analysis[6][7][8]
Educated at
Stanford University
Award received
Fellow of the Econometric Society, Fellow of the American Statistical Association, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics[11][12][13][14][15]
Doctoral advisor
Samuel Karlin[10]
Doctoral student
Robert H. Berk, Michael R. Powers, Patrick Sutton Noonan[20][21][22]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[26]
Family name
Pratt[23]
Given name
John, Winsor[24][25]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[27]
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Econometric Society[16][17][18]
🏷️ Also known as
en John Winsor Pratt en John Pratt en John W. Pratt en J. W. Pratt ar جون دبليو. برات de John Winsor Pratt fa جان دبلیو. پرت fi John Winsor Pratt fi John Pratt he ג'ון ו. פראט it John Pratt it John Winsor Pratt pt John Pratt pt John Winsor Pratt ru Джон Пратт ru Пратт, Джон
🔖 Identifiers · 39
ISNI
0000000374323235
VIAF cluster ID
38346684, 30714941
Library of Congress authority ID
n81051828
GND ID
133010201
BIBSYS ID
90205051
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
PrattJohnW(JohnWinsor)1931-
CANTIC ID
981058602536406706
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12111555
CiNii Research ID
1140000791857779200
DDB person (GND) ID
133010201
Dimensions author ID
01231563354.28
FAST ID
1466111
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Freebase ID
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Guggenheim fellows ID
john-w-pratt
IdRef ID
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Libraries Australia ID
36116275
MR Author ID
201481
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
77491
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA0003661X
NL CR AUT ID
jn20000604499
NLA Trove people ID
1214964
NSK (VIAF) ID
000353173
NSK ID
981005805522609366
NUKAT ID
n97067786
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007439828605171
National Library of Latvia ID
000125218
National Library of Poland MMS ID
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National Library of Russia ID
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National Virtual Library of India ID
52750
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069093504
Prabook ID
2239852
RERO ID (legacy)
A003710185
SHARE Catalogue author ID
12348
SNAC ARK ID
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UOM ID
75268
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058602536406706
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/97db4be3-2bcd-444f-a36b-6ed04ef22e0d
ZbMATH author ID
pratt.john-w

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Field of work 3
management, commerce, risk analysis
Member of 3
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Econometric Society, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Occupation 3
mathematician, statistician, university teacher
Award received 2
Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Doctoral advisor 1
Samuel Karlin
Doctoral advisors 1
Samuel Karlin
Educated at 1
Stanford University
Employer 1
Harvard University
Family name 1
Pratt
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

John W. Pratt was born on September 11, 1931[1]. He has worked as a mathematician[2], university teacher[3], and statistician[4].

FAQs

What did John W. Pratt do for work?

John W. Pratt worked as a mathematician[2], university teacher[3], and statistician[4].

What awards did John W. Pratt receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Econometric Society[11], Fellow of the American Statistical Association[12], Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[13], and Guggenheim Fellowship[14].

Related Entities

commerce management United States

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  1. [19] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . econometricsociety.org. Retrieved . econometricsociety.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Fellows of the American Statistical Association database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Scientific Legacy Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . Scientific Legacy Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . econometricsociety.org. Retrieved . econometricsociety.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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