Donald A. S. Fraser
Donald Alexander Stuart Fraser OC FRSC (April 29, 1925–December 21, 2020) was a Canadian statistician, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto. In 2012 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada for his influence in the advancement of the statistical sciences in Canada. In 1961 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. In 1985, he was awarded the first Gold Medal of the Statistical Society of Canada. In 2014 he was chosen as a fellow of the American Mathematical Society "for contributions to the theory and foundations of statistics, as well as for leadership and influence on the advancement of the statistical sciences."
Donald A. S. Fraser | |
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| Born | April 29, 1925 |
| Died | December 21, 2020 (aged 95) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto Princeton University |
| Spouse | Nancy Reid |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Toronto |
| Thesis | Generalized Hit Probabilities with a Gaussian Target (1949) |
| Doctoral advisor | Samuel S. Wilks John Tukey |
| Doctoral students | |
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