John Wishart | |
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| Born | 28 November 1898 Montrose, Scotland |
| Died | 14 July 1956 (aged 57) Acapulco, Mexico |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh University of Cambridge University College London |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Rothamsted Experimental Station University of Cambridge |
| Doctoral advisor | Karl Pearson |
| Doctoral students | M. S. Bartlett William Gemmell Cochran Herman Otto Hartley |
John Wishart FRSE (28 November 1898 – 14 July 1956) was a Scottish mathematician and agricultural statistician.
He gave his name to the Wishart distribution in statistics.[1]
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