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Lucien Le Cam

French statistician (1924-2000)
Person human Q3265601

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26 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[26]
Date of birth
November 18, 1924
Date of death
April 25, 2000
Place of birth
Croze
Place of death
Creuse, Berkeley[8]
Country of citizenship
France[10]
Occupation
mathematician, statistician, university teacher
Employer
University of California, Berkeley, Électricité de France[16][17]
Field of work
probability theory, mathematics, mathematical statistics, asymptotic theory[11][12][13][14]
Position held
chairperson[15]
Educated at
Science Faculty of Paris, University of California, Berkeley, University of Clermont-Ferrand (1896-1976)[18][19][20]
Award received
Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics[22]
Notable work
Le Cam's theorem, Hájek–Le Cam convolution theorem, local asymptotic normality
Doctoral advisor
Jerzy Neyman[21]
Doctoral student
Stephen Stigler, Grace Yang, Bin Yu, Julius Rubin Blum, Odd Aalen, Jane-Ling Wang, Thomas S. Ferguson, Aloísio Pessoa de Araújo, Mohd Nawaz Goria, Charles Kraft, Bayard Rankin, George Powell Steck, Shaw-Hwa Lo, Photius Nanopoulos, Israel Jacob Abrams, James D. Esary, Charlotte Striebel, Helen Wittenberg, Giandomenico Majone, Nora Snoeck Smiriga, David Roos Gomberg, Min-Te Chao, Erik N. Torgersen, Alejandro D. de Acosta, Arnoldo Guevara, Detlev Lindae, Robert H. Traxler, Erik J. Balder, Walid Moussatat, Errol Caby, Neng-Hsin Chen, Anders Rygh Swensen, Yannis G. Yatracos, Imke Janssen, Yu-Lin Chang, Yuli Gu, Lorraine Schwartz, Pedro Jesus Fernandez, Tadeusz Bednarski, James Barry Schmidt[27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French, English
Academic thesis
On Some Asymptotic Properties of Maximum Likelihood Estimates and Related Bayes' Estimates
Birth name
Lucien Marie Le Cam
Erdős number
+2
Family name
Le Cam
Given name
Lucien, Marie
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Mathematical Statistics[23][24][25]
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Place of burial
Sunset View Cemetery[9]
Relative
Harry G. Romig
🏷️ Also known as
en L. Le Cam en Lucien Le Cam en Lucien LeCam en Lucien Marie Le Cam ar لوسيان لي كام cs Lucien M. Le Cam de Lucien Marie Le Cam fr Lucien Marie Le Cam ja ルシアン・ル・キャム pt Lucien Marie Le Cam ru Люсьен Ле Кам uk Люсьєн Ле Кам zh 呂西安·勒·凱姆 zh 呂西安·勒·卡姆
🔖 Identifiers · 32
ISNI
0000000108669161
VIAF cluster ID
7452137
Library of Congress authority ID
n82148896
GND ID
119452499
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Lucien Le Cam.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
122826268
BillionGraves grave ID
34849785
CiNii Research ID
1140000791807205120
DBLP author ID
162/4166
DDB person (GND) ID
119452499
Freebase ID
/m/07sw92
IdRef ID
067017177
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MR Author ID
111350
MacTutor biography ID
Le_Cam
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
32891
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA00244413
NL CR AUT ID
skuk0003630
NUKAT ID
n96302254
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007273730005171
National Virtual Library of India ID
160796
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069133190
Obálky knih ID
skuk0003630
Open Library ID
OL135796A
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100056859
Prabook ID
2169962
SBN author ID
UFIV032608
SHARE Catalogue author ID
49965
UOM ID
50157
Wellcome Collection concept ID
jgwa5uah
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/e9bf023f-09d7-4473-a661-c5eb180c75c2
ZbMATH author ID
le-cam.lucien-m

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Doctoral student 3
Odd Aalen, Stephen Stigler, Bin Yu
Doctoral students 3
Odd Aalen, Stephen Stigler, Bin Yu
Field of work 3
mathematics, probability theory, mathematical statistics
Member of 3
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Occupation 3
mathematician, statistician, university teacher
Employer 2
University of California, Berkeley, Électricité de France
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
English, French
Country of citizenship 1
France
Doctoral advisor 1
Jerzy Neyman
Doctoral advisors 1
Jerzy Neyman
Educated at 1
University of California, Berkeley
Given name 1
Marie
Instance of 1
human
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Named after 1
Le Cam's theorem
Notable work 1
Le Cam's theorem
Place of birth 1
Croze
Place of death 1
Berkeley
Position held 1
chairperson
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Lucien Le Cam was born on November 18, 1924[1], in Croze[2]. He died on April 25, 2000[3], in Creuse[4]. He worked as a mathematician[5], statistician[6], and university teacher[7].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Lucien Le Cam include Le Cam's theorem[41], a theorem[42].

Why It Matters

Entities named for him include Le Cam's theorem[41], a theorem[42].

His notable doctoral advisees include Stephen Stigler[43], a statistician[44], b. 1941[45], of United States[46], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship[47], specialised in history of statistics[48]; Bin Yu[49], an engineer[50], b. 1969[51], of United States[52], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship[53], specialised in statistics[54]; and Odd Aalen[55], a statistician[56], b. 1947[57], of Norway[58], awarded the Fellow of the American Statistical Association[59], specialised in statistics[60].

FAQs

Where was Lucien Le Cam born?

Lucien Le Cam's place of birth was Croze[2].

Where did Lucien Le Cam die?

Lucien Le Cam passed away in Creuse[4].

What did Lucien Le Cam do for work?

Lucien Le Cam worked as a mathematician[5], statistician[6], and university teacher[7].

Where did Lucien Le Cam go to school?

Lucien Le Cam was educated at Science Faculty of Paris[18], University of California, Berkeley[19], and University of Clermont-Ferrand (1896-1976)[20].

What awards did Lucien Le Cam receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics[22].

Related Entities

Électricité de France France Jerzy Neyman mathematical statistics mathematics

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  7. [18] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
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  17. [16] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  19. [9] ↑ . BillionGraves. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Scientific Legacy Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  22. [27] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
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  24. [29] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
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  29. [34] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  30. [35] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  31. [36] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  32. [37] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  33. [38] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  34. [39] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  35. [40] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  36. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [25] ↑ . [Dec 1952] News and Notices. wikidata.org.
  39. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  3. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

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  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  14. [59] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [60] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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    Educated at → Science Faculty of Paris, University of California, Berkeley, University of Clermont-Ferrand (1896-1976)
    Place of birth → Croze
    Languages spoken, written or signed → French, English
    Doctoral student → Stephen Stigler, Grace Yang, Bin Yu +37
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