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American mathematician (1915-2000)

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John Wilder Tukey was an American mathematician and statistician, best known for the development of the fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm, the box plot and for laying the foundations of the field of exploratory data analysis.

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1991Foreign Member of the Royal Society
1984James Madison Medal
1982IEEE Medal of Honor
1976Shewhart Medal
1973National Medal of Science
1965Wilks Memorial Award
1949Guggenheim Fellowship
1946Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics

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John Wilder Tukey was an American mathematician and statistician, best known for the development of the fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm, the box plot and for laying the foundations of the field of exploratory data analysis. The Tukey range test, the Tukey lambda distribution, the Tukey test of additivity, and the Teichmüller-Tukey lemma all bear his name. He is also credited with coining the term bit and the first published use of the word software.

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Lived 1915 to 2000 · aged 85
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