Peter W. M. John

British-American statistician
Person Human Q102114729

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[20]
Date of birth
August 20, 1923
Date of death
January 22, 2015
Place of birth
Porthcawl
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[7]
Award received
Fellow of the American Statistical Association (1976), Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1977)[16][17]
Child
Meredith John[6]
Doctoral advisor
Casper Goffmann[15]
Doctoral student
Leslie M. Moore, Veronica Czitrom, Xuewei Cui, Chwen-Ming Cathy Chang, David Bonham Stark, Julie Wuu, Bernard Manuel Most, Stephen Hsin-Sun Yuan, Wan-Yi Chiu, Pi-Hsiang Huang, Pen-Hwang Liau[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[36]
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy (1955)[33]
Given name
Peter[35]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[37]
Military branch
Royal Air Force[32]
Participated in conflict
World War II[34]
🏷️ Also known as
en Peter John en Peter William Meredith John en Peter W M John en Peter W. M. John
🔖 Identifiers · 8
VIAF cluster ID
17288301
J9U entity ID
987007449785805171
MR Author ID
94945
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
13157
NUKAT ID
n2011061301
SHARE Catalogue author ID
12488

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Summary

Peter W. M. John was born on August 20, 1923[1], in Porthcawl[2]. He died on January 22, 2015[3]. He worked as a statistician[4] and university teacher[5].

FAQs

Where was Peter W. M. John born?

Peter W. M. John was born in Porthcawl[2].

What did Peter W. M. John do for work?

Peter W. M. John worked as a statistician[4] and university teacher[5].

Where did Peter W. M. John go to school?

Peter W. M. John was educated at University of Oklahoma[13] and University of Oxford[14].

What awards did Peter W. M. John receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the American Statistical Association[16] and Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics[17].

References

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  14. [16] ↑ . Fellows of the American Statistical Association database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  23. [27] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
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  25. [29] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  26. [30] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  27. [31] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  28. [32] ↑ . imstat.org. Retrieved . imstat.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [18] ↑ . Fellows of the American Statistical Association database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [19] ↑ . Scientific Legacy Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  32. [1] ↑ . Scientific Legacy Database. Retrieved . imstat.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [3] ↑ . Scientific Legacy Database. Retrieved . web.ma.utexas.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . imstat.org. Retrieved . imstat.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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