John Wishart
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Within Vinony's link graph, John Wishart is referenced by 22 other articles, and connects out to Montrose, Royal Society of Edinburgh and World War II.
It sits within the topics 1898 births, 1956 deaths and 20th-century British agronomists.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 19 January 1923
- Works
- 13
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Montrose
- Place of death
- Acapulco de Juárez
- Occupation
- mathematician
- Employer
- University of Cambridge
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Inverse-Wishart distribution
- Doctoral advisor
- Karl Pearson
- Doctoral student
- Herman Otto Hartley
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- British Army
- Image
- JohnWishart.jpg
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- WikiProject Mathematics
- manner of death
- accidental death
- member of
- Institute of Mathematical Statistics
- date of birth
- 1898-11-28
- date of death
- 1956-07-14
- cause of death
- drowning
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Connections
Montrose
Entity
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Entity
World War II
Concept
World War I
Concept
International Standard Book Number
Entity
University of Cambridge
Entity
Wayback Machine
Entity
Acapulco de Juárez
Entity
digital object identifier
Entity
Food and Agriculture Organization
Entity
University of Edinburgh
Entity
OCLC, Inc.
Entity
University College London
Entity
Ronald Fisher
Entity
University of St Andrews
Entity
Karl Pearson
Entity
British Admiralty Office
Entity
MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Entity
Egon Pearson
Entity
doctoral advisor
Entity
Categories
1898 births1956 deaths20th-century British agronomists20th-century British statisticians20th-century Scottish educators20th-century Scottish mathematiciansAlumni of the University of EdinburghAlumni of University College LondonBritish mathematical statisticiansCambridge mathematiciansDeaths by drowning in MexicoFellows of the American Statistical AssociationFellows of the Royal Society of EdinburghIntelligence Corps officersPeople educated at Perth AcademyRothamsted statisticiansScottish agronomistsScottish schoolteachersScottish statisticiansWriters from Perth, Scotland