Wilfrid Kendall

British statistics professor
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Summary

Wilfrid Kendall was born on November 5, 1954[1], in Oxford[2]. He has worked as a statistician[3], university teacher[4], and mathematician[5]. He is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

Key Facts

  • Father: David George Kendall[7]
  • Country of citizenship: United Kingdom[8]
  • Field of work: probability theory[9], mathematics[10], statistics[11], stochastic process[12], stochastic geometry[13], computer algebra[14]
  • Employer: University of Warwick[15]
  • Doctoral advisor: John Kingman[16]
  • Award received: Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics[17]
  • Member of: Institute of Mathematical Statistics[18]
  • Sex or gender: male[19]
  • Doctoral student: Elke Thönnes[20], Giovanni Montana[21], Andrey Chirikhin[22], Stephen Bryan Connor[23], Nastasiya F. Grinberg[24], Giacomo Zanella[25], Rodolfo Gameros[26], Bryony Hill[27], Samuel Finch[28], Sandeep Shah[29], Catherine Price[30]
  • Residence: United Kingdom[31]
  • Family name: Kendall[32]
  • Given name: Wilfrid[33]
  • Academic thesis: Some problems in probability theory[34]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[35]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[36]

FAQs

Where was Wilfrid Kendall born?

Wilfrid Kendall's place of birth was Oxford[2].

Who were Wilfrid Kendall's parents?

Wilfrid Kendall's father was David George Kendall[7].

What did Wilfrid Kendall do for work?

Wilfrid Kendall worked as a statistician[3], university teacher[4], and mathematician[5].

What awards did Wilfrid Kendall receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics[17].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved . warwick.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Personal Authority Wikibase of the Czech Republic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . orcid.org. Retrieved . orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Scientific Legacy Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  28. [18] ↑ . Scientific Legacy Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . E-Theses Online Service. Retrieved . ethos.bl.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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