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Abraham Wald

1902 - 1950

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Abraham Wald (; German: [valt]; Hungarian: Wald Ábrahám, Yiddish: אברהם וואַלד; (1902-10-31)31 October 1902 – (1950-12-13)13 December 1950) was a Hungarian and American mathematician and statistician who contributed to decision theory, geometry and econometrics, and founded the field of sequential analysis. One of his well-known statistical works was written during World War II on how to minimize the damage to bomber aircraft and took into account the survivorship bias in his calculations. He spent his research career at Columbia University. He was the grandson of Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Glasner. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abraham Wald is the 314th most popular mathematician (up from 319th in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Romania (up from 130th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Romanian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Abraham Wald ranks 314 out of 1,004. Before him are Marino Ghetaldi, John Wilkins, Enrico Bombieri, Isaac Beeckman, Sergei Novikov, and Farkas Bolyai. After him are Grigory Margulis, Guo Shoujing, Alain Connes, Abu Zayd al-Balkhi, Pietro Cataldi, and Willem de Sitter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Abraham Wald ranks 85. Before him are Eugen Jochum, William Walton, Demchugdongrub, Norma Shearer, Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg, and Therese Brandl. After him are George Gaylord Simpson, Wifredo Lam, Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, Lyubov Orlova, Josef Krips, and Giuseppe Pella. Among people deceased in 1950, Abraham Wald ranks 59. Before him are Charles Bennett, Melitta Bentz, Rafael Sabatini, Liane de Pougy, Henry L. Stimson, and Grigory Kulik. After him are Salvatore Giuliano, Olaf Stapledon, Alfred Korzybski, Adam Rainer, Walter Huston, and Henry H. Arnold.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Abraham Wald ranks 114 out of 844. Before him are Vladimir Cosma (1940), Arnold Hauser (1892), Radu Lupu (1945), Adalbert Deșu (1909), Farkas Bolyai (1775), and Vlad Călugărul (1425). After him are Constantin Brâncoveanu (1654), Marcel Janco (1895), Ion Mihai Pacepa (1928), Sándor Kőrösi Csoma (1784), Angelica Rozeanu (1921), and Ion Luca Caragiale (1852).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Romania

Among mathematicians born in Romania, Abraham Wald ranks 4. Before him are János Bolyai (1802), Zoia Ceaușescu (1949), and Farkas Bolyai (1775). After him are Ion Ghica (1816), Ion Barbu (1895), Spiru Haret (1851), George Lusztig (1946), Grigore Moisil (1906), and Solomon Marcus (1925).

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