Walter shewhart short biography
Walter A. Shewhart
American statistician
Walter A. Shewhart | |
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Shewhart in April 1920 | |
| Born | (1891-03-18)March 18, 1891 New Canton, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | March 11, 1967(1967-03-11) (aged 75) Troy Hills, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois, University of California, Berkeley |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | physics, engineering, statistics |
| Institutions | Western Electric |
Walter Andrew Shewhart (pronounced like "shoe-heart"; March 18, 1891 – March 11, 1967) was an American physicist, engineer and statistician.
W.A. Shewhart - University of Minnesota Twin Cities
He is sometimes also known as the grandfather of statistical quality control and also related to the Shewhart cycle.
W. Edwards Deming said of him:
As a statistician, he was, like so many of the rest of us, self-taught, on a good background of physics and mathematics.[1]
Early life
Born in New Canton, Illinois to Anton and Esta Barney Shewhart, he attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champa Walter Shewhart – The People Behind The Big Ideas of ...
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