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I. J. Good
British statistician and cryptographer (1916-2009) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 92
Irving John Good was a British mathematician who worked as a cryptologist at Bletchley Park with Alan Turing. After the Second World War, Good continued to work with Turing on the design of computers and Bayesian statistics at the University of Manchester.
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2009Died5 April 20091998Computer Pioneer AwardAward1973Fellow of the American Statistical AssociationAward1957Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical StatisticsAward1940Smith's PrizeAward1916Born9 December 1916
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About this person
Good moved to the United States where he was a professor at Virginia Tech.
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1916 to 2009 · aged 92
