# Alexander Aitken

> Alexander Craig "Alec" Aitken was one of New Zealand's most eminent mathematicians. In a 1935 paper he introduced the concept of generalized least squares, along with now standard vector/matrix notation for the linear regression model. Another influential paper co-authored with his student Harold Silverstone established the lower bound on the variance of an estimator, now known as Cramér-Rao bound. He was elected to the Royal Society of Literature for his World War I memoir, Gallipoli to the Somme.

*New Zealand mathematician (1895-1967)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** New Zealand
- **Born:** 1895-04-01
- **Died:** 1967-11-03
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

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