Danie G. Krige

Danie G. Krige
Born
Danie Gerhardus Krige

(1919-08-26)26 August 1919
Bothaville, (OFS), South Africa
Died3 March 2013 (Age 93)
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Alma materUniversity of the Witwatersrand
Known forKriging
AwardsOrder for Meritorious Service, Class 1, Gold
Scientific career
FieldsGeostatistics
InstitutionsAnglo Transvaal, University of the Witwatersrand

Danie Gerhardus Krige GCOB (Afrikaans: [dɑːni ˈkriχə]) (26 August 1919 – 3 March 2013) was a South African statistician and mining engineer who pioneered the field of geostatistics and was professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, Republic of South Africa.[1] The technique of kriging is named after him. Krige's empirical work to evaluate mineral resources[2] was formalised in the 1960s by French engineer Georges Matheron.[3]

  1. ^ "Obituary: Danie Krige, South Africa's giant of geostatistics". Northernminer.com. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  2. ^ Krige, Danie G. (1951). "A statistical approach to some basic mine valuation problems on the Witwatersrand". J. of the Chem., Metal. and Mining Soc. of South Africa. 52 (6): 119–139. doi:10.10520/AJA0038223X_4792.
  3. ^ Matheron, Georges (1962). Traité de géostatistique appliquée. Editions Technip.