George Gallup
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American statistician (1901–1984)
Key facts
- Born
- George Horace Gallup , ( 1901-11-18 ) November 18, 1901, Jefferson, Iowa , U.S.
- Died
- July 26, 1984 (1984-07-26) (aged 82), Tschingel ob Gunten , Bernese Oberland , Switzerland
- Alma mater
- University of Iowa
- Occupation
- Statistician
- Known for
- Gallup poll
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Jefferson
- Place of death
- Tschingel
- Occupation
- businessperson
- Educated at
- University of Iowa
- Employer
- Gallup
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- statistics
- Image
- George Gallup 1961 (01).jpg
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- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1901-11-18
- date of death
- 1984-07-26
- Commons category
- George Gallup
- manner of death
- natural causes
- described by source
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
- name in native language
- George Horace Gallup
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Encyclopedic overview
George Horace Gallup (November 18, 1901 – July 26, 1984) was an American pioneer of survey sampling techniques and inventor of the Gallup poll, a statistically based survey sampled measure of public opinion.
Life and career
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “George Gallup” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.