George E. P. Box

British statistician (1919-2013) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 93

George Edward Pelham Box was a British statistician, who worked in the areas of quality control, time-series analysis, design of experiments, and Bayesian inference. He has been called "one of the great statistical minds of the 20th century".

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2013Died28 March 20132000Honorary Doctorate from CNAMAward1993Guy Medal in GoldAward1990Guggenheim FellowshipAward1985Fellow of the Royal SocietyAward1972Wilks Memorial AwardAward1964Guy Medal in SilverAward1955Fellow of the American Statistical AssociationAwardFellow of the Institute of Mathematical StatisticsAward1946British Empire MedalAward1919Born18 October 1919