David George Kendall
David George Kendall FRS (15 January 1918 – 23 October 2007) was an English statistician and mathematician, known for his work on probability, statistical shape analysis, ley lines and queueing theory. He spent most of his academic life in the University of Oxford (1946–1962) and the University of Cambridge (1962–1985). He worked with M. S. Bartlett during World War II, and visited Princeton University after the war.
David George Kendall | |
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| Born | 15 January 1918 Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 23 October 2007 (aged 89) Cambridge, England |
| Awards | Guy Medal (Silver, 1955) (Gold, 1981) Weldon Memorial Prize (1974) Sylvester Medal (1976) Senior Whitehead Prize (1980) De Morgan Medal (1989) Fellow of the Royal Society, |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Probability, statistics, statistical shape analysis |
| Institutions | Magdalen College, Oxford Churchill College, Cambridge |
| Doctoral advisor | M. S. Bartlett |
| Doctoral students | Nicholas Bingham Rollo Davidson John Kingman Robin Sibson Bernard Silverman Richard Tweedie David Vere-Jones David Williams Adrian Baddeley |
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