Harald Cramér

Harald Cramér
Harald Cramér
	Cramér in 1951
Born	25 September 1893; Stockholm, Sweden
Died	5 October 1985 (aged 92); Stockholm, Sweden
Alma mater	Stockholm University
Known for	Cramér–Rao bound; Cramér's conjecture; Cramér’s decomposition theorem; Cramér's theorem (large deviations); Cramér–Wold theorem; Cramér–von Mises criterion; Cramér function of large deviations theory; Ruin theory; Cramér's V; Cramérs inequality;
Spouse	Marta Hansson
Children	3
Awards	Guy Medal (Gold, 1972)
	Scientific career
Fields	Statistics, Probability theory, Number theory
Institutions	Stockholm University
Doctoral advisor	Marcel Riesz
Doctoral students	Kai Lai Chung; Ulf Grenander; Leo Törnqvist; Herman Wold; Bertil Matérn;

Harald Cramér (Swedish: [kraˈmeːr]; 25 September 1893 – 5 October 1985) was a Swedish mathematician, actuary, and statistician, specializing in mathematical statistics and probabilistic number theory. John Kingman described him as "one of the giants of statistical theory".

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