Leonard Jimmie Savage
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Leonard Jimmie Savage (born Leonard Ogashevitz; 20 November 1917 – 1 November 1971) was an American mathematician and statistician. Economist Milton Friedman said Savage was "one of the few people I have met whom I would unhesitatingly call a genius."[1]
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Leonard Jimmie Savage | |
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Born | (1917-11-20)20 November 1917 |
Died | 1 November 1971(1971-11-01) (aged 53) New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Michigan (B.A., Ph.D.) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics, Statistics |
Institutions | University of Chicago Princeton University Yale University Columbia University University of Michigan |
Doctoral advisor | Sumner Myers |
Doctoral students | Don Berry Morris H. DeGroot Roy Radner William S. Cleveland |
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- Not to be confused with his younger brother, also a Bayesian statistician, I. Richard Savage.