MATHEMATICIAN

William Gemmell Cochran

1909 - 1980

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William Gemmell Cochran (15 July 1909 – 29 March 1980) was a prominent statistician. He was born in Scotland but spent most of his life in the United States. Cochran studied mathematics at the University of Glasgow and the University of Cambridge. He worked at Rothamsted Experimental Station from 1934 to 1939, when he moved to the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Gemmell Cochran is the 920th most popular mathematician (down from 906th in 2019), the 5,205th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,080th in 2019) and the 99th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, William Gemmell Cochran ranks 920 out of 1,004. Before him are Branko Grünbaum, Paul Koebe, James Arthur, Martin David Kruskal, William Spottiswoode, and Arthur Geoffrey Walker. After him are Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Paul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann, Caucher Birkar, Ivar Otto Bendixson, Fan Chung, and Evelyn Boyd Granville.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, William Gemmell Cochran ranks 380. Before him are Montgomery Wilson, Wallace Stegner, Ann Sothern, Ivan Fuqua, Heather Angel, and Arthur Geoffrey Walker. After him are Archie Cochrane, Teofilo Spasojević, Alex Raymond, Don Finlay, Raúl Landini, and Marcel Balsa. Among people deceased in 1980, William Gemmell Cochran ranks 278. Before him are Shohachi Ishii, Larry Williams, William Hood Simpson, Nikolay Bogolyubov, Bette Nesmith Graham, and Lucy Morton. After him are David Marr, Ahmet Berman, Frank Saker, Rachel Fuller Brown, Nelson López, and Emily Hood Westacott.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Gemmell Cochran ranks 5,207 out of 8,785. Before him are Duffy (1984), Simon Schama (1945), Thomas Baines (1820), Arthur Geoffrey Walker (1909), Alex Miller (1949), and John Pulman (1923). After him are Neil Innes (1944), George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823), David Bedford (1937), Alex Stepney (1942), Steve Bruce (1960), and Allan Williams (1930).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, William Gemmell Cochran ranks 99. Before him are Richard K. Guy (1916), I. J. Good (1916), James Whitbread Lee Glaisher (1848), Philip Hall (1904), William Spottiswoode (1825), and Arthur Geoffrey Walker (1909). After him are Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765), W. T. Tutte (1917), Neil Sloane (1939), Edward Charles Titchmarsh (1899), James Maynard (1987), and Nigel Hitchin (1946).

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