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William Sealy Gosset

1876 - 1937

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William Sealy Gosset (13 June 1876 – 16 October 1937) was an English statistician, chemist and brewer who worked for Guinness. In statistics, he pioneered small sample experimental design. Gosset published under the pen name Student and developed Student's t-distribution – originally called Student's "z" – and "Student's test of statistical significance". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Sealy Gosset is the 473rd most popular mathematician (down from 382nd in 2019), the 2,294th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,777th in 2019) and the 50th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, William Sealy Gosset ranks 473 out of 1,004. Before him are Abraham Fraenkel, August Leopold Crelle, Michael O. Rabin, Eric Temple Bell, Pavel Urysohn, and Charles Julien Brianchon. After him are Hermann Hankel, Robert Langlands, W. V. D. Hodge, Al-Samawal al-Maghribi, Karl Mollweide, and Kurt Hensel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, William Sealy Gosset ranks 100. Before him are Francesc Cambó, Erhard Schmidt, Irving Baxter, Ioannis Georgiadis, Mieczysław Karłowicz, and Walter Tewksbury. After him are Alexandre Tuffère, Yusuf Akçura, Óscar R. Benavides, Mack Swain, Aaron Aaronsohn, and Oscar Dessomville. Among people deceased in 1937, William Sealy Gosset ranks 86. Before him are Evgeny Pashukanis, Joseph Taylor Robinson, Alikhan Bukeikhanov, Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, Alexander Shliapnikov, and Elihu Thomson. After him are Máté Zalka, Akhmet Baitursynov, Bekir Çoban-zade, Otto Hölder, Ieronim Uborevich, and Adolf Erman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Sealy Gosset ranks 2,294 out of 8,785. Before him are Eric Temple Bell (1883), Bert Williams (1920), Riz Ahmed (1982), Damon Albarn (1968), Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868), and Michael Sheen (1969). After him are Peter Hammill (1948), Miranda Richardson (1958), Howard Jones (1955), Ernest Bevin (1881), Tom Courtenay (1937), and John Stanley (1712).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, William Sealy Gosset ranks 50. Before him are Edmund Gunter (1581), Roger Cotes (1682), Thomas Henderson (1798), William Jones (1675), Mary Cartwright (1900), and Eric Temple Bell (1883). After him are W. V. D. Hodge (1903), James Stirling (1692), Ian Stewart (1945), William Kingdon Clifford (1845), Thomas Bradwardine (1300), and Ernest William Brown (1866).

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