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Lester Dubins

American mathematician (1920-2010)
Person human Q6531843

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
April 27, 1920
Date of death
February 11, 2010
Place of birth
Washington, D.C.
Country of citizenship
United States[6]
Occupation
mathematician, university teacher
Employer
University of California, Berkeley[8]
Field of work
probability theory[7]
Educated at
University of Chicago[9]
Award received
Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics[11]
Doctoral advisor
Irving Segal[10]
Doctoral student
Ted Hill, William Sudderth, Sydell Perlmutter Gold, David Samuel McIntyre Margolies, Michael Thomas Palmiter, Victor C. Pestien, David Gilat, Photius Nanopoulos[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
Erdős number
+3[23]
Given name
Lester[22]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[24]
Member of
Institute of Mathematical Statistics[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Lester Dubins en Lester E. Dubins en Lester Eli Dubins he לסטר דובינס
🔖 Identifiers · 17
ISNI
0000000108689445
VIAF cluster ID
192.9M (9.9M–9216148947789.4B, n=3)
Library of Congress authority ID
n84801220
GND ID
1089842724
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
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FAST ID
1460691
Freebase ID
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IdRef ID
032454872
MR Author ID
60075
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
6447
NUKAT ID
n01712259
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007459649705171
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
11174587X
SHARE Catalogue author ID
54985
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/1d624101-21cd-4fb1-afcd-098bc3885f7b
ZbMATH author ID
dubins.lester-e

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Summary

Lester Dubins was born on April 27, 1920[1], in Washington, D.C.[2]. He died on February 11, 2010[3]. He worked as a mathematician[4] and university teacher[5].

FAQs

Where was Lester Dubins born?

Lester Dubins's place of birth was Washington, D.C.[2].

What did Lester Dubins do for work?

Lester Dubins worked as a mathematician[4] and university teacher[5].

Where did Lester Dubins go to school?

Lester Dubins was educated at University of Chicago[9].

What awards did Lester Dubins receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics[11].

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . Scientific Legacy Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [12] ↑ . Scientific Legacy Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [1] ↑ . Scientific Legacy Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [3] ↑ . Scientific Legacy Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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