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I. J. Good

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British statistician and cryptographer (1916-2009)

United KingdomAcademicsLived 1916 to 2009 · aged 92
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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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1998Computer Pioneer Award
1973Fellow of the American Statistical Association
1957Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
1940Smith's Prize

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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. Good moved to the United States where he was a professor at Virginia Tech.

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United Kingdom
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deceased
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Lived 1916 to 2009 · aged 92
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