Bruce Weir

New Zealand biostatistician
Person Human Q60734840

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[23]
Date of birth
December 31, 1943, 1943[2][5]
Place of birth
Christchurch
Field of work
biostatistics[6]
Doctoral advisor
C. Clark Cockerham[16]
Doctoral student
Rebecca Doerge, Stephanie A. Santorico, Ken G. Dodds, Jaime Luis Hernandez-Santiago, Jun Zhu, Paul Maiste, Yi-Ju Li, Eden R Martin, Jennifer Susan Shoemaker, Wendy Czika, Spencer V Muse, Lauren McIntyre, Vernon John Thomas, Sam Choy, Dahlia Nielsen, Andrea Michelle Johnson, Dmitri Zaykin, Tzu-Ming Chu, Shu-Pang Huang, Li Li, Wenlei Liu, Zhaoling Meng, John Reynolds, Xiang Yu, Katy L. Simonsen, Amanda B. Hepler, Xiaoyi Gao, Xiuwen Zheng, Qian Sophia Zhang[24]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Family name
Weir
Given name
Bruce, Spencer
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
Member of
Royal Society of London (2021–present)[22]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
NZThesisProject
Writing language
English
🏷️ Also known as
en Bruce Spencer Weir en Bruce S Weir en Bruce S. Weir en Bruce Weir en B. S. Weir
🔖 Identifiers · 40
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Library of Congress Authorities ID
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GND ID
172445965
OpenAlex ID
A5013703682
ACM Digital Library author ID
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Academic Tree ID
63861
BIBSYS ID
90301609
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
WeirBS(BruceS)1943-
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
122789657
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CONOR.AL ID
8144230
Canadiana Name Authority ID
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CiNii Research ID
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Cyprus University of Technology ID
96782
FAST ID
1456638
Google Knowledge Graph ID
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Google Scholar author ID
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Guggenheim fellows ID
bruce-s-weir
IdRef ID
031607411
J9U entity ID
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Libraries Australia ID
36130354
MR Author ID
181520
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
48028
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA02924044
NL CR AUT ID
jn19990009014
NLA Trove people ID
1217258
NUKAT ID
n98045150
National Library of Latvia ID
000085316
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
136228410
Prabook ID
3359311
RERO ID (legacy)
A003965028
SHARE Catalogue author ID
748121
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058508114006706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1333147
Wellcome Collection concept ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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ZbMATH author ID
weir.bruce-s

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Summary

Born in Christchurch[1], he… he was born on December 31, 1943[2]. He worked as a statistician[3] and researcher[4].

Body

Education

Educated at University of Canterbury[12], a university[25], in New Zealand[26], founded in 1873[27] and North Carolina State University[13], a public research university[28], in United States[29], founded in 1887[30], headquartered in Raleigh[31].

Career and Affiliations

Employers include North Carolina State University[7], a public research university[32], in United States[33], founded in 1887[34], headquartered in Raleigh[35]; University of Washington[8], a public research university[36], in United States[37], founded in 1861[38]; and Massey University[11], a university[39], in New Zealand[40], founded in 1927[41]. Doctoral students include Rebecca Doerge[24], a statistician[42], awarded the Fellow of the American Statistical Association[43]; Stephanie A. Santorico[44], a bioinformatician[45]; Ken G. Dodds[46], a researcher[47], awarded the Jones Medal[48]; Jaime Luis Hernandez-Santiago[49]; Jun Zhu[50]; and Paul Maiste[51].

Recognition

Awards received include Fellow of the American Statistical Association[17], a statistics award[52]; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[18], a fellowship award[53], in United States[54], founded in 1874[55]; Guggenheim Fellowship[19], a fellowship grant[56], in United States[57], founded in 1925[58]; Fellow of the Royal Society[20], a fellowship award[59], in United Kingdom[60]; and Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi[21].

FAQs

Where was Bruce Weir born?

Born in Christchurch[1].

What did Bruce Weir do for work?

Bruce Weir worked as statistician[3] and researcher[4].

Where did Bruce Weir go to school?

Bruce Weir was educated at University of Canterbury[12], North Carolina State University[13], North Carolina State University[14], and University of Canterbury[15].

What awards did Bruce Weir receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the American Statistical Association[17], Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[18], Guggenheim Fellowship[19], and Fellow of the Royal Society[20].

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