Stephen Stigler

Stephen M. Stigler
Born (1941-08-10) August 10, 1941 (age 83)
Minneapolis, US
Alma materCarleton College (BA)
University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
Known forStigler's law of eponymy
Scientific career
FieldsRobust statistics
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Chicago
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Thesis Linear Functions of Order Statistics  (1967)
Doctoral advisorLucien Le Cam
Doctoral studentsLee-Jen Wei
Alan Agresti
Websitewww.stat.uchicago.edu/~stigler/

Stephen Mack Stigler (born August 10, 1941) is the Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor at the Department of Statistics of the University of Chicago.[1] He has authored several books on the history of statistics; he is the son of the economist George Stigler.

Stigler is also known for Stigler's law of eponymy which states that no scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer – whose first formulation he credits to sociologist Robert K. Merton.

  1. ^ Catherine Behan (May 28, 1998) 1998 Quantrell Award: Stephen Stigler University of Chicago Chronicle. 17(17).