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William E. Pruitt

American statistician
Person human Q102134934

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
May 11, 1934
Date of death
July 25, 1993
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Occupation
statistician, university teacher
Employer
University of Minnesota[6]
Educated at
Stanford University[7]
Award received
Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics[10]
Doctoral advisor
Samuel Karlin, Chung Kai-lai[8][9]
Doctoral student
Philip S. Griffin, In-Suk Wee, Nasrollah Etemadi[13][14][15]
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy[16]
Family name
Pruitt[17]
Given name
William, Edwin[18][19]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[20]
Member of
Institute of Mathematical Statistics[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en William Edwin Pruitt en William E Pruitt en William E. Pruitt en William Pruitt he ויליאם א. פרויט
🔖 Identifiers · 4
MR Author ID
189757
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
15029
Prabook ID
3489230
ZbMATH author ID
pruitt.william-e

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Summary

William E. Pruitt was born on May 11, 1934[1]. He died on July 25, 1993[2]. He worked as a statistician[3] and university teacher[4].

FAQs

What did William E. Pruitt do for work?

William E. Pruitt worked as a statistician[3] and university teacher[4].

Where did William E. Pruitt go to school?

William E. Pruitt was educated at Stanford University[7].

What awards did William E. Pruitt receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics[10].

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  1. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . mathscinet.ams.org. Retrieved . mathscinet.ams.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . Annals of Probability. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Annals of Probability. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . Scientific Legacy Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Scientific Legacy Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . Scientific Legacy Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [2] ↑ . Scientific Legacy Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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