Alison Harcourt
Facts
19 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- November 24, 1929
- Place of birth
- Colac
- Occupation
- mathematician, statistician
- Field of work
- statistics, operations research[8][9]
- Educated at
- University of Melbourne[12]
- Father
- Keith Doig[5]
- Spouse
- Richard Harcourt[6]
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- Birth name
- Alison Grant Doig
- Given name
- Alison
- Maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- Relative
- Kerr Grant
- ISNI
- 0000000110562486
- VIAF cluster ID
- 38225485
- Library of Congress authority ID
- n80139807
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- Alison harcourt.jpg ↗
- Australian Women's Register ID
- AWE6390b
- CONOR.SI ID
- 65890915
- CiNii Research ID
- 1140000791700578560
- Google Knowledge Graph ID
- /g/11fd6dct6l
- IdRef ID
- 058595961
- Libraries Australia ID
- 36052015
- MR Author ID
- 435404
- NACSIS-CAT author ID
- DA0202265X
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- NUKAT ID
- n97065923
- National Library of Israel ID (old)
- 004568245
- National Library of Israel J9U ID
- 987007361403805171
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
- XX1190202
- National Virtual Library of India ID
- 447779
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
- 074838016
- RERO ID (legacy)
- A005721191
- SHARE Catalogue author ID
- 44803
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJkhHKb7PTwdJ8yfjdqCwC
- Yale LUX ID
- person/008eb071-7214-438c-96ad-3165202f04b3
- ZbMATH author ID
- doig.alison-g
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Summary
Born in Colac[1], she… she was born on November 24, 1929[2]. She worked as a mathematician[3] and statistician[4].
Body
Career and Affiliations
Fields of work include statistics[8], an academic major[18] and operations research[9], an academic discipline[19]. Employers include University of Melbourne[10], a public university[20], in Australia[21], founded in 1853[22] and London School of Economics and Political Science[11], a public research university[23], in United Kingdom[24], founded in 1895[25], headquartered in London[26].
Recognition
Awards received include Senior Australian of the Year[13], an award[27], in Australia[28] and Officer of the Order of Australia[14], a grade of an order[29], in Australia[30].
Why It Matters
She is credited with the discovery of branch and bound[31], an algorithm[32].
FAQs
Where was Alison Harcourt born?
Alison Harcourt was born in Colac[1].
Who were Alison Harcourt's parents?
Alison Harcourt's father was Keith Doig[5].
Who was Alison Harcourt married to?
Alison Harcourt's spouses include Richard Harcourt[6].
What did Alison Harcourt do for work?
Alison Harcourt worked as mathematician[3] and statistician[4].
Where did Alison Harcourt go to school?
Alison Harcourt was educated at University of Melbourne[12].
What awards did Alison Harcourt receive?
Honors received include Senior Australian of the Year[13] and Officer of the Order of Australia[14].
What did Alison Harcourt discover?
Alison Harcourt is credited as discoverer of branch and bound[31].