MATHEMATICIAN

Alexander Aitken

1895 - 1967

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Alexander Craig "Alec" Aitken (1 April 1895 – 3 November 1967) was one of New Zealand's most eminent mathematicians. In a 1935 paper he introduced the concept of generalized least squares, along with now standard vector/matrix notation for the linear regression model. Another influential paper co-authored with his student Harold Silverstone established the lower bound on the variance of an estimator, now known as Cramér–Rao bound. He was elected to the Royal Society of Literature for his World War I memoir, Gallipoli to the Somme. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Aitken is the 948th most popular mathematician (down from 937th in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 106th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular New Zealander Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Alexander Aitken ranks 948 out of 1,004. Before him are Neil Sloane, Cleve Moler, Norman Johnson, Edward Charles Titchmarsh, James Maynard, and Nigel Hitchin. After him are Stuart Milner-Barry, Sun-Yung Alice Chang, Charles Hutton, Kathleen Ollerenshaw, Keith Devlin, and Henry John Stephen Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Alexander Aitken ranks 306. Before him are Virginia Valli, Margaret Livingston, Richard Cushing, Louise Fazenda, Edward Brophy, and Beattie Ramsay. After him are Dorothy Davenport, William Boyd, Michael Arlen, William Grant Still, Sylvia Lance Harper, and Whina Cooper. Among people deceased in 1967, Alexander Aitken ranks 281. Before him are Guillermo Lovell, Jean Alexandre Barré, Elmer McCollum, Guillermo Douglas, Grace Cunard, and Reginald Denny. After him are Tom Conway, Harry Hines Woodring, Patrick Kavanagh, Kaaren Verne, Nat Pendleton, and Stuart Erwin.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Alexander Aitken ranks 126 out of 303. Before him are Anthony McCarten (1961), Jim Bolger (1935), Graham McRae (1940), Niki Caro (1967), Onny Parun (1947), and Mark Hunt (1974). After him are Joseph Parker (1992), Andrew Dominik (1967), Trevor Coker (1949), Keith Holyoake (1904), Tim Bevan (1957), and Peter Arnett (1934).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In New Zealand

Among mathematicians born in New Zealand, Alexander Aitken ranks 3. Before him are Roy Kerr (1934), and Vaughan Jones (1952).

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